Importer tells shipping company to use Oguta Riverport. Shipping company tells him it’s shallow and narrow and he prefers Lagos or alone port. Importer insists. Shipping company says ok it costs $30,000 extra for narrow navigation. Importer accepts. Importer pays. Goods arrive Oguta Riverport. Importer clears goods and increases cost of goods in the market so as to break even and make profit having spent more $30,000 to berth goods at Oguta.

Competitor importer in same line of business berths his good at Lagos seaport and uses trucks to cargo them into South East and sells same produce for 10,000 naira cheaper than Competitor who imported his goods at Oguta.

He outshines Oguta importer because of more patronage due to cheaper good.


Two scenarios will fall out.

1. Oguta importer makes his loss, regrets it and vows never to import from Oguta Riverport again, resorts to Lagos and Onne port once again.

2. Oguta importer insists importing through Oguta Riverport to grow Igbo maritime and keeps doing business at a loss.


You see why it is a suicide mission either way you look at it?


Enviousness and jealousy is what’s making you people insist on a seaport whereas you don’t have the deep waters for that. You don’t want to use a port in same Nigeria any longer.


That’s fine though. The only solution to two scenarios above is for Eastern Govt to dredge the canal from Atlantic Ocean into the Oguta Riverport. That’s a long nautical miles. It’ll have environmental effects such as land sliding, erosion of land/soil in nearby communities leading to the Oguta Riverport.

FG will not allow it. Not that the erosion can’t be curtailed though. But you’ll spend even more.

Hundreds of Billiond of Dollars will go down the drain.



Let’s not even talk about the outright refusal of tribal communities in SS whose lands face erosion should the dredging go through their community upland to Igboland. These tribal chiefs and Kings may play opposition and frustrate it at Court.

Load of lies.

More than this trash was said why enugu international airport cannot work, until it was tested, and became an instant success. now it took the same bigots to use hadi sirika to close the airport for more than a year citing repair, while many passengers started using Owerri and PH.

Now you have started the same lies again.

It made me cry to see traders driving their goods all the way from Onitsha to Osun, Ondo, Edo, Agbor and Ekiti. And the goods were first driven from lagos to Onitsha in the first place!

And I asked myself, are we mad in this country, why can't there be a seaport or riverport so that those who buy from Onitsha will be buying cheaper instead of paying for freight twice in addition to container cargo charges?

The fear of tribal bigots is that when you allow a river or seaport in Igboland, the people living in lagos will go home and allow lagos rot away.

That's wrong, even in far away Borno state, igbos are still living there without seaports.

successmatters:
Load of lies.

More than this trash was said why enugu international airport cannot work, until it was tested, and became an instant success. now it took the same bigots to use hadi sirika to close the airport for more than a year citing repair, while many passengers started using Owerri and PH.

Now you have started the same lies again.

What is the economic value of Enugu airport?

duro4chang:
What is the economic value of Enugu airport?

Check NBS flight data

At least they can't change that one. If it has no economic value, na you dey subsidise the flights?

successmatters:


Check NBS flight data

At least they can't change that one. If it has no economic value, na you dey subsidise the flights?

Tell us its value stop being abusive

successmatters:
The fear of tribal bigots is that when you allow a river or seaport in Igboland, the people living in lagos will go home and allow lagos rot away.

That's wrong, even in far away Borno state, igbos are still living there without seaports.

I can't help it but just laugh at Y'all foolishness hahaha. Rot away, How??

I expect you to be more sensible than telling me bout Electronic and Vehicle spare import bullsh*t.

Only four airports have economic importance. They are: Lagos, Abuja, Kano and Portharcourt airports.

duro4chang:
Only four airports have economic importance. They are: Lagos, Abuja, Portharcourt, Kano, Enugu, Owerri airports.

Why not list the six or ten, what were you avoiding? Dey use bigotry cook for you?

MadamExcellency:


Why not list the five or ten, what were you avoiding? Dey use bigotry cook for you?

They are afraid of 5 and 6.

Big lies, river ports worked in China, Germany, United States and will work in igbo land. A portnin the east will stop the senseless migration to the south west and will stop the endless cries of igbos don't respect their host

Nothing is impossible

duro4chang:
What is the economic value of Enugu airport?

Lol

MadamExcellency:


Why not list the six or ten, what were you avoiding? Dey use bigotry cook for you?

I said only four. That means the rest are not viable including the cargo airport. Stop being abusive. Be sensible for once.

Victim mentality

This scenario is normal if the pirt is not frequently used. If the entire Eastern businesses starts using Eastern ports, the cost will go down naturally. This is why people advocate for igbos businessmen to invest massively in the east and watch Lagos lose most of it's economic ground.

duro4chang:
I said only four. That means the rest are not viable including the cargo airport. Stop being abusive. Be sensible for once.

Unfortunately, you're not an authority on viability or profitability of Aviation routes or Airports.

MadamExcellency:


Unfortunately, you're not an authority on viability or profitability of Aviation routes or Airports.

But what I said was the fact. You dont need to agree

Tunde835:
Victim mentality

Who play it better than your people?

duro4chang:
But what I said was the fact. You dont need to agree

There's no fact or sense in what you wrote

Wutinky:







There's no fact or sense in what you wrote

Then your sense of seasoning is not good enough

Even if big shop can go there. Can be offload to smaller ship to go there. More like transiting. Similar way air plan transit

fineboynl:
Even if big shop can go there. Can be offload to smaller ship to go there. More like transiting. Similar way air plan transit

Thr fear is in allowing goods to bypass Lagos, it will be disastrous.

Ebubu:
Importer tells shipping company to use Oguta Riverport. Shipping company tells him it’s shallow and narrow and he prefers Lagos or alone port. Importer insists. Shipping company says ok it costs $30,000 extra for narrow navigation. Importer accepts. Importer pays. Goods arrive Oguta Riverport. Importer clears goods and increases cost of goods in the market so as to break even and make profit having spent more $30,000 to berth goods at Oguta.

Competitor importer in same line of business berths his good at Lagos seaport and uses trucks to cargo them into South East and sells same produce for 10,000 naira cheaper than Competitor who imported his goods at Oguta.

He outshines Oguta importer because of more patronage due to cheaper good.


Two scenarios will fall out.

1. Oguta importer makes his loss, regrets it and vows never to import from Oguta Riverport again, resorts to Lagos and Onne port once again.

2. Oguta importer insists importing through Oguta Riverport to grow Igbo maritime and keeps doing business at a loss.


You see why it is a suicide mission either way you look at it?


Enviousness and jealousy is what’s making you people insist on a seaport whereas you don’t have the deep waters for that. You don’t want to use a port in same Nigeria any longer.


That’s fine though. The only solution to two scenarios above is for Eastern Govt to dredge the canal from Atlantic Ocean into the Oguta Riverport. That’s a long nautical miles. It’ll have environmental effects such as land sliding, erosion of land/soil in nearby communities leading to the Oguta Riverport.

FG will not allow it. Not that the erosion can’t be curtailed though. But you’ll spend even more.

Hundreds of Billiond of Dollars will go down the drain.



Let’s not even talk about the outright refusal of tribal communities in SS whose lands face erosion should the dredging go through their community upland to Igboland. These tribal chiefs and Kings may play opposition and frustrate it at Court.

You lack knowledge
Oseakwa in Oguta is not far from the Atlantic ocean. It's even closer than most seaports.

The issue is there's no direct access to the Atlantic ocean as you have to cut through other boundary south south states.

Another is politics, same reason why the ports in port Harcourt is not efficient.