Parachoko:
Who is stopping your State Governors from getting who will invest in the project?

Parachoko:
Can you first list out the part of the South East that share boarders with the sea?

The problem with shallow people like you is that you don't make research, so you will keep on displaying your ignorance for the world to see.

It will be so hard for this country to move forward with lots of shallow people like this OP on this country.

Parachoko:
Nwaetche, I'm waiting for you to tell me where in my post I was against the construction of a seaport in the South South

I won't be shock if I hear say nah Yoruba stop Jonathan from constructing a seaport in Bayelsa

A Fulani man has giving the people of the South South a chance to have three new seaports. One in Warri, One in Bonny and One in Akwa Ibom, nobody is asking the Delta State Government, Rivers State Government and Akwa Ibom State Government why nothing is been done about the Seaports, but you want me to be bashing the Lagos State Government... Clowns everywhere

KnowAll:
Are we Yoruba’s happy with d congestion in Lagos. It makes more sense to move d ports to other parts of Nigeria.

In d 50’s Sapele port was used to export timber & palm oil.

We later had Port Harcourt & Warri port which has been moribund because everything comes through Lagos.

In fact I am not a fan of that port they are building in Lekki without a corresponding road to move d goods out of d port quickly.

We need other parts of Nigeria working & delivery their goods & wares all over Nigeria.

Nwaetche:

Lagos is able to venture into Port construction project because the Federal government has already built massive infrastructures and income generation projects including the Tin can and Apapa Ports. Niger delta states would find it defficult to replicate. Giving approval would not build the ports in hundred years.

AyakaDunukofia:

Given what you wrote, what did u learn from my post

mrvitalis:

Lol who runs and operates it ? Only NPA has authority to operate any sea port oga

States can build airports but only faan can run them

What do u even know sorry

Great2017:

Where did he mention SouthEast alone in his submission?

Parachoko:
Nwaetche, I'm waiting for you to tell me where in my post I was against the construction of a seaport in the South South

Nwaetche:

Mr. Parachoko,

I would like to start by stating that you are certainly not an Ijaw man neither are you from anywhere in the Niger Delta. I have come to this conclusion based on reading your responses to the correctly balanced submission of the Op on the imperative of building or upgrading the existing "Eastern ports" in Rivers and Delta States.

soojar:



Looks like you are not getting what that fellow is saying.

It is not about who controls the port, but about getting it built and functioning.

The FG has given the go ahead to 3 different states to construct ports (the person controlling as you are saying is not the issue now)

Lagos state has brought in a private investor who has built in conjuction with Lagos state and FG, and the company will make its money back by controlling about 70% of the revenue generated there for a specified period of time. Lagos state will make money also for its role in bringing the investor by earning about 20% while FG also gets its own percentage.

What he is saying therefore is that the other states should seek for investors and stop folding their arms. Those other states that believe they need ports in their states also should seek FG approval and once they get it, let them either build it or source for investors to do so for them.

This does not have anything to do with exclusive list or not. The exclusive list is just to let you know it's the FG that controls and can legislate on Ports and other things on that list. Now the same FG has authorized those states to go ahead and build if they have the capacity and resources to do so.




We learn everyday

Parachoko:
This is the most useless opinion I have heard on this thread.

Nwaetche:

I bet you that my opinion seems to be the majority opinion in our Rivers State. I also presume that other Niger Delta states folks have similar or something close to my opinion.

You see the hypocrisy. What is good for Lagos is also good for Rivers, Delta, Edo, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa and Cross River States. These states contribute substancially to the country's oil and Gas earnings and should enjoy some some divident of democracy. Majority of these states have Ijaw men and women as indigenes.

So you can now agree with me that you are a man from a distant land and your efforts here is not to contribute anything to help enlighten folks and bring the peculiar challenges that our people are going through to the front burner.

For all the Candidates, Peter Obi would stand out to help us revive these ports. He would do it because: his Onitsha people needs it make more profit, Nigeria needs viable ports to improve our competativeness. Just as the colonialist used these ports, the country would need them to export our Agricultural and finished goods.

Obi is a trader and an Importer, he understands the logistics of ports much more than other candidates.

I am not supporting Obi because I am an Igbo. I am supporting him because he is the only candidate seriously talking about how to provide infrastructures that would improve the lives of our people in Rivers. Making the Port Harcourt Port a Trans-Shipment port would unleash the potentials of a Riversman and woman and help our youths get meaningful employment.

Our land has suffered alot. My Etchie used be a very serene and unspoiled forest of green vegetation until Chevron, Shell, Addax, etc came in and completely raped the ecosystem and rendered our youths mostly despondent. We need Federal intervention and bringing port facilities in Pitakwa would trigger industrialization and our Ala Etchie would benefit. Ijaw would also benefit immensely.

So if this is politics for you, then that brings some doubt again about your nationality.

Parachoko:
This is the only part I read in your comment, I had to stop reading because you are just wailing and deviating.

If the Lagos State Government didn't find the investors after the approval, there will be no seaport in Lekki today.

Parachoko:
You're saying Gibberish Mr Man.

Petter Obi that couldn't change the fortune of Anambra for good, nah I'm go change the fortune of Nigeria...

https://www.nairaland.com/870945/what-exactly-peter-obi-doing#10200193

The joke is on you clown

You just wanna keep on typing nonsense upon Nonsense.

Nah so you talk say I am against the building and upgrading of ports in the South South.

Nah the same you refer to the Warri Port as part of the Eastern Port.

You can only deceive mumus with your long and useless writeup, no be me.

Even Jonathan didn't approve new ports in the South South neither did he upgrade any of the functioning ports, but you want me to join shallow and bitter people like you and start attacking Buhari who have giving the go ahead for new ports to be built in the South South?

I'm a Proud Ijaw Boy, Ijaw blood flows in me

If you're not happy about it, is the problem of your life.

Buhari is a disaster, but on this Port issue, I see nothing wrong he has done.

AyakaDunukofia:


Mr Know-it-all, the Port Harcourt sea port is over 55 kilometers removed from the sea, built on Bonny River. Warri Port is over 60 km removed from the sea, built on Warri River. So is Calabar port on a river.

The Port of New Orleans, USA is over 700 kilometers from the gulf of Mexico. The 4th biggest sea port in the USA

So, if there is the will by the federal government of Nigeria to site a port for sea-going vessels at Baro in Niger state, which is about 570 km from the sea, she can easily do it.

Then, let alone SE whose nearest distance to the sea is 25 nautical miles from Abia state and 50 nautical miles from Ogwuikpele in Anambra.

It will be difficult for Nigeria to progress if people refuses to acknowledge facts that may not favour their preconceived notions. It doesn't have to physically border a sea to have a port that can receive ocean-going vessels. What matters is a river with sea route.

Nwaetche:
Approval does not translate to investment. It is all politics for me. The Niger Bridge was originally made to PPP but the Federal government ended up building the bridge. In this case no investor would put his money if the Federal Government does not do the needful. See my last response.

You are not Ijaw my brother. Jonathan is not a yardstick. He never promised building a port and you cannot hold him to it. Obi is promising to build a trans-shipment port and we will hold him to his words.

I can see this is all politics for you my man from distant land.

Nwaetche:
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You are not Ijaw my brother. Jonathan is not a yardstick. He never promised building a port and you cannot hold him to it. Obi is promising to build a trans-shipment port and we will hold him to his words.

Parachoko:
I'm not your brother. You are an Igbo man from the South East geopolitical region, I am an Ijaw Man from the South South geopolitical region. No wander you refer to the Warri Port has been part of the Eastern Port.


The FG has done her part by giving the go ahead for ports to be built in Akwa Ibom, Rivers and Delta State, if the State Governors can't get investors, is their fault, not the FGs fault.



You're a hate filled miscreant from the South East, that's why you don include failures like Obi for this talk wey have nothing to do with Obi.

Nwaetche:
You have now confirmed to me that you are not Ijaw. You are nowhere from the South South. I careless about where you come from as long as you do not claim anywhere near the Niger Delta.

So you want Bayelsa to look for investors to invest in a port in Brass port;

You want Rivers state to get investors to invest in a port project in Onne or PHC,

You want delta to look for investors for Warri Port, likewise Akwa Ibom and Cross Rivers respectively.

You are not serious. If you are a businessman would you invest your money in a port project where there is no requisite infrastrutre to make the business successful for ROI and profit. You do not have access roads, no modern rail transportation to the port and no adequate security provided for merchant ships by federal government. descrepit road and deliberate high tariff that discourages potentail investors.

You can see you are not Ijaw. An average Ijawman is streetwise and astute. After raping our land and using the resources, you want us to compete with people you have already used our resourses to developed their infrastructure. you should be ashamed of yourself and i would encourage our Ijaw folks in this forum to charge you for impersonation.

I would have been much more angry if you claim Rivers State. You views are enimical to Ijaw and otherSouth South ethnic nationties interest if you believe that a worthless approval is equal to constructing a worldclass port for our people that have contributed so much for the national cake you are yourilks are mercilessless feeding on.

After signing the worthless approval, is your "fulani man" constructing the coastal standard rail lines and East-West multilane roads to support the approved ports. Is he making the existing ports viable and functional to set the base reference points? What is he doing to encourage the would-be investors to bring in their hard earned money. Is he mobilizing the banks to provide low interest long term loan specifically for the port projects, Is he providing sovereign guarantees for foreign investors?

Abeg no make me vex for you.

Ala Etchie Ekpela ihe ojoor

Nwaetche:
You have now confirmed to me that you are not Ijaw. You are nowhere from the South South. I careless about where you come from as long as you do not claim anywhere near the Niger Delta.

So you want Bayelsa to look for investors to invest in a port in Brass port;

You want Rivers state to get investors to invest in a port project in Onne or PHC,

You want delta to look for investors for Warri Port, likewise Akwa Ibom and Cross Rivers respectively.

You are not serious. If you are a businessman would you invest your money in a port project where there is no requisite infrastrutre to make the business successful for ROI and profit. You do not have access roads, no modern rail transportation to the port and no adequate security provided for merchant ships by federal government. descrepit road and deliberate high tariff that discourages potentail investors.

You can see you are not Ijaw. An average Ijawman is streetwise and astute. After raping our land and using the resources, you want us to compete with people you have already used our resourses to developed their infrastructure. you should be ashamed of yourself and i would encourage our Ijaw folks in this forum to charge you for impersonation.

I would have been much more angry if you claim Rivers State. You views are enimical to Ijaw and otherSouth South ethnic nationties interest if you believe that a worthless approval is equal to constructing a worldclass port for our people that have contributed so much for the national cake you are yourilks are mercilessless feeding on.

After signing the worthless approval, is your "fulani man" constructing the coastal standard rail lines and East-West multilane roads to support the approved ports. Is he making the existing ports viable and functional to set the base reference points? What is he doing to encourage the would-be investors to bring in their hard earned money. Is he mobilizing the banks to provide low interest long term loan specifically for the port projects, Is he providing sovereign guarantees for foreign investors?

Abeg no make me vex for you.

Ala Etchie Ekpela ihe ojoor

Parachoko:
The wailing of a loser

Cry from now till tomorrow, the present FG administration won't build a new seaport anywhere in Nigeria neither will the FG embark on such a senseless project in future.

Any state Governor that wants a seaport in his state, will search for investors and will get the go ahead from the FG.

The new port that is been built in Badagry is not been constructed by the FG, neither is the port in Lekki been built by the FG.

Wail from now till tomorrow, it won't change anything.

mrvitalis:

How can fg give licence to ports they already own ?

Parachoko:
Can you first list out the part of the South East that share boarders with the sea?

The problem with shallow people like you is that you don't make research, so you will keep on displaying your ignorance for the world to see.

It will be so hard for this country to move forward with lots of shallow people like this OP on this country.

KnowAll:
Are we Yoruba’s happy with d congestion in Lagos. It makes more sense to move d ports to other parts of Nigeria.

In d 50’s Sapele port was used to export timber & palm oil.

We later had Port Harcourt & Warri port which has been moribund because everything comes through Lagos.

In fact I am not a fan of that port they are building in Lekki without a corresponding road to move d goods out of d port quickly.

We need other parts of Nigeria working & delivery their goods & wares all over Nigeria.

soojar:



It is called concession.
Port belongs to FG,
FG does not have money to build,
Lagos state looked for investor to build,
FG allows it,
FG allows investor to recoup his money back over a period of years#
Lagos gets a percentage of profit as the person that brought the investor
FG gets a percentage of the profit for the stipulated period of years also

It is called concession




We learn everyday

Nwaetche:
So asking for the rights of our people is now wailing abi?

Tell you "fulani man"(using your own word) to construct the standard guage for Niger delta as he is doing to support Lagos investors

Tell him your Buhari to construct multilane roads as the Federal government did for lagos

Ask Buhari to make our moribound and descrepit ports to work including building standard access roads as he did for Lagos.

Tell him to implement Osibanjo's agreement to bring back Oil and Gas Companies Hqts back to the Niger Delta. For example, Exxon to AKS, Shell to PHC and Chevron to Delta states so that they would pay their taxes locally and improve the IGR of Niger Delta States.

Tell him to decentralise NPA so that western and eastern divisions would be independent of Lagos. This would make them make policies that would help our ports to be competitive.

If he does this few things, I will be the first person to support you on Niger Delta States looking for investors.

overall90:


He mentioned Sapele,Warri and Port Harcourt which you conveniently ignored and started asking stupid questions and start calling him names.
Are those ports working?
Between you and him,who is shallow.
To you moving the country forward is when everything is concentrated in your region while others should suffer.
Even the north that are no where near the sea,they have built dry ports for them.
You can only decieve yourself with your veiled tribalism masquerading as patriotism.