An elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, has written to President Muhammadu Buhari explaining why the federal government should stop the proposed naval base project in Kano.

Clark, a former Minister of Information, in the letter titled; ‘Establishment of a naval base in Kano in the heart of the Sahel?’ and made available to newsmen on Monday during a press conference in Abuja, said the idea was ill-conceived.
The federal government had recently proposed the building of a naval base in Kano.

Sequel to this, the state governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, had reportedly donated 100 hectares of land at Dawakin Tofa community for that purpose.But Clark said it was ridiculous for the federal government to build a naval base in Kano, which he argued is in the middle of the Sahel and has no water for the navigation of naval warships.The Ijaw leader said the Sahel is under threat of total desertification, adding that if additional naval bases were to be built in the country, the states in the Niger Delta region should be considered.

Part of the letter reads; “Your Excellency, please, permit me at this juncture to ask you a few questions about your country.

“The question here is, how possible will it be to navigate a navy warship through the waters of Lagos to the desert Naval Base in Kano which you want to build? Or is there a waterway to take one from Lagos to Kano? Or do you want to create an artificial ocean?

An elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, has written to President Muhammadu Buhari explaining why the federal government should stop the proposed naval base project in Kano.

Clark, a former Minister of Information, in the letter titled; ‘Establishment of a naval base in Kano in the heart of the Sahel?’ and made available to newsmen on Monday during a press conference in Abuja, said the idea was ill-conceived.

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The federal government had recently proposed the building of a naval base in Kano.

Sequel to this, the state governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, had reportedly donated 100 hectares of land at Dawakin Tofa community for that purpose.


But Clark said it was ridiculous for the federal government to build a naval base in Kano, which he argued is in the middle of the Sahel and has no water for the navigation of naval warships.


The Ijaw leader said the Sahel is under threat of total desertification, adding that if additional naval bases were to be built in the country, the states in the Niger Delta region should be considered.

Part of the letter reads; “Your Excellency, please, permit me at this juncture to ask you a few questions about your country.

“The question here is, how possible will it be to navigate a navy warship through the waters of Lagos to the desert Naval Base in Kano which you want to build? Or is there a waterway to take one from Lagos to Kano? Or do you want to create an artificial ocean?


“Or is it because you control the government, other Nigerians can be treated shabbily, as second-class citizens, without involving them in the development of the country in their area.

“If there is more need for Naval Bases to be built or established in the country outside Lagos, what has happened to the coastal states of Nigeria, particularly in the Niger Delta area where much of the country’s shoreline exists and needs to be protected?

“I believe you know that at present there is no serious Naval Base in such critical riverine areas such as Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta, Edo and Ondo States.

“In Delta State, for instance, major coastal towns such as Koko, Sapele, Burutu and Forcados terminals, have the need for a naval base. But it is sad that there are no functional ones located in those places.

“There used to be a Naval Base in Sapele, but for reasons best known to the federal government, it was downgraded to a training school, and in fact, now abandoned.

“The so-called Warri Naval Base is nothing to write home about.

“As of today, the Base is not functioning as it ought to be. Large navy warships which used to patrol the waters, providing protection, can no longer do so, due to the fact that the rivers are silted and the federal government has refused to dredge them.The structure where the base is housed was not properly designed and constructed with the intent of building a Naval Base. It is an old colonial building that was acquired and quickly renovated to serve as a Naval Base during the civil war in 1967.

“Bayelsa State is entirely surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean and the River Niger, yet there is no Naval Bases there to protect the shores of Nigeria and the oil companies,” he said.

https://dailytrust.com/edwin-clark-writes-buhari-rejects-proposed-naval-base-project-in-kano

Buhari go build water for dey land

Ko

He's got a point. With no waterway, building a naval base in kano doesn't even go well

Na so dem dey do. Square peg in a round hole.

One Nijeriya quota system always comes first when it's about the north

But if it's about equity and common sense for south it becomes north is educationally disadvantaged

Truthissupreme:
One Nijeriya quota system always comes first when it's about the north

But if it's about equity and common sense for south it becomes north is educationally disadvantaged

This advise is not necessary baba Clark. The president knows what he is doing.

As long as South West has its own naval Base
Wetin concern me with others


Omo, find your way out of this room.

Indeed! Yes, the president knows what he is doing that why he has successfully plunge us at the number 2 spot of poverty capital of the world.
Yes, he knows what he is doing that is why we are +35 trillion indebted. The president actually knows what he is doing. Na so!

NEPOTISM at its peak ...

Naval base in Kano

The building must go for the sake of one Nigeria, our Igbo brothers cannot force us to join their Biafra struggle they said...

Funniest part is the money for the proposed naval base must come from the region that has oil in abundance and surrounded by water as well

Who is Edwin Clack

Issorite

What is Edwin Clark, the notorious nigerdelta terrorist

Fulani Govt(FG) have made it clearly visible to the blind and audible to the deaf that it only has the interest of the North at heart.
Tight your seat belt fellas, 2022 is going to be the worst and most desperate year the cut-off head of the Cobra will bite the hardest!

It's of no use in kano

Naval Bases in the US

Nice one

Okay

I like the northerners; they rob you in broad day light without weapons...but Power. Presently, more than 90% of all the govt parastatals are headed & staffed by de northerners...including NNPC. Meanwhile, aboki no suppose get sense4

Lol... Naval Base in Kano state, with no river; meanwhile several coastal states have no Naval presence. The Nigerian government never fails to amaze...

Hopefully someone here would be able to explain this aberration.

Push Gej for 2023...

If not layback and let those with power do as they please

The old thief didn't write PMB when N6trillion was announced unaccounted for in NDDC.

Thief will always be thief

Clark was one of many that collected money for contract without executing single block

Another way to siphon money. Build a project that is never finished and yet keeps getting monthly allocations.

So much for Mr Integrity.

Square peg in a round hole,nepotism>curruption

Naval base...in Kano... this country's future looks interesting...