omonnakoda:
Most people commenting have no idea what they are talking about saying it must be fabricated where there is oil. This is as logical as saying weapons must be manufactured where there is war

The main input into the Platform is STEEL. Specializesd steel that will stand in the ocean for years without corroding. We do not make such steel in Nigeria. Such a job has to be done in an environment of safety and technical suitability

The other inputs are several not least is skilled manpower which we do not have and of course entrepreneurial vision and drive in a Nigerian person. Asari dokubo and Tompolo decided they were more interested in the education and security sectors of the economy. There is now a local content law and on the basis of that law LADOL have developed their company to operate in LAGOS . The law says Nigeria not Bayelsa. In the past the platforms were assembled in Korea and then shipped to Nigeria so why is it controversial if a business decides to manufacture in Lagos. Lagos has an attraction obviously because there is a port there that an handle the tonnage of steel involved and is relatively safe for expatriate staff.The business decided to operate from Lagos that is their choice and it is petty in the extreme for government to get involved at all. To do so at this time and in this way is simply churlish and childish

Truckpusher:
Jonathan fuccked up the Niger Delta people but we love him despite that and that won't change at all.

Jesusloveyou:
so u believe gej fucck up big time and u stil love him for that, what an hypocrate and a bigot u are, i am ashame of our youth and d future of dis country

Sunnymatey:
Sorry sir, you woke up when ur head is know longer on ur shoulders, u misused a whole 5 yrs given to u to developed our neglected Niger Delta but u decided to sleep over it. It's not ur fault, a spell was cast on you. But faaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!! toooooo late now.

meccuno:
seriously...I agree with your submission. I blame GEJ for these miscalculated steps....since the North has decided that we cannot have true federalism,the best thing to do is site projects where they are supposed to be.....imagine kaduna having a refinery and they do not produce a single drop of oil.......we have major ports in Nigeria like onne,calabar and warri ports....but they are not functional to reasons I do not understand......lagos and abuja have gotten a large share of federal assisted projects and I think these development should be spread across.....lagos is being congested......dangote is about to build a new refinery in lagos......that is concentrating too much there....I think another move is to return all head offices of the oil firms back to where they belong....that is the Niger delta.....at least when things are done how they are supposed to be done,I doubt if there would be shouts of marginalisation.......and I heard that the letter to this effect was dated 30th april....so the decision was made before the elections

Chiaka:


Oil production is in Bayelta, Rivers , Warri area etc and service is miles away. The first time I learnt about this project it really got me wondering but its better now, it should be close to base of operation. That's the right thinking thing to do

porka:


[size=16pt]That's not true.

The multi-billion dollars NLNG headquarters was relocated to Port Harcourt.[/size]

Truckpusher:
Jonathan fuccked up the Niger Delta people but we love him despite that and that won't change at all.

victorels:


What do you think the project is?
The letter said the president approved the relocation of the project to bayelsa. That means their had been negotiation already. This woman is only attracting public sympathy because she felt the project is going to be removed from her region. Besides, she is an employee of the federal government. The government is not asking them to relocate their company to bayelsa but the project they helped the federal government execute.
From my understanding, the project is a floating object. Its not something they are going to start rebuilding. And every instruction from government is an order that must be obeyed.

ideykwum:
Honestly, Goodluck failed the Niger-Delta!!!

omonnakoda:
Lagos remains the cheapest and therefore the most logical place for a port. The access into Lagos is unlike the swamp,mangrove or inland waterways elsewhere which pose a risk in terms of depth and cost of dredging with environmental impact and compensation costs and the more recent security risks or inland waterways i.e kidnapping and piracy. Unfortunately the road infrastructure in Nigeria has been built around Lagos as the main port from the perspective of the NW,NC and SW and also NE . To have a competitive port in the SS is a very good idea but I do not see private investors doing it from a business perspective for the reasons above and the absence of EVACUATION infrastructure i.e roads/rail. Government does not have the money

babestella:
I think it's late, but if he said it maybe he feels it's not late yet.

BTW, I thought Tinubu and uncle Fashola told Nigerians that the federal government have no interest in building infrastructure in Lagos. Hypocrites.

manie:


The project is done by LADOL, the shareholders are institutional investors, foreign investors and Lagos state government. FG came into project in the last minute through NPA, when they saw how viable the project will be due to the scrambling by foreign investors for ownership in LADOL.

LADOL means Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics

http://www.ladolfreezone.com/

teeowl:
what of if buhari reverts it back...

Imokay:


Olodo, where did you pull this fake story from? Amy Jadesinmi a Federal government employee? you better stop smoking that evostic, stick to just sniffing

richeso:


he has no power to do that.

Imokay:


From your hell hole cave you are wiser than the investors who are staking $500 million and you can dictate the location to them without staking one penny. With this clueless order watch the investors withdraw and take away the jobs to a saner country. They will do the logistics job from there and get their margin in any case, that will make you happier i guess.

This yoruba woman does not know what an order is. She is playing intelligence because it is being moved out of south west area. She is not even telling us why it should be onTakwa Bay and not in Bayelsa. She has done well for herself but her company is firing her very soon.