gwales:
thank you GMB, the niger delta people are very grateful

troll.Do you have sand for brain?.

I pray they finish the project as at when scheduled. Home mode activated

This is a great project, I just hope that Udom emmanuel will hurry up with the process of actualization of this port. Its what the former South eastern States has been clamouring for, over a long period of time.

Especially now that all the necessary approvals has been secured and all the political hoops that was hindering the project has been overcomed. the only thing that can stop it now is funding! this is why Udom Emmanuel was unanimously elected by the people of Akwa Ibom State, to use his banking wizardry to secure funds for this project and we trust that God will strengthen him to accomplish it.

Na Baba God na him do am O! Nna di na enigwe! Thank God!

The Igbo trooped into Lagos to live in part due to the several hundreds of kilometers their business men had to travel to clear their goods at the sea port. Therefore, It made sense looking for somewhere around to live and do businesss after several tiring trips. If Lagos had been say 80 or 150 kilometers to Igboland, most of these traders and importers wouldn't have had the need to live in lagos as they would simply go collect their cargoes and return to their bases.

I pray Akwa Ibom Deep seaport on completion would not be held down by the political "red tape" that made other Eastern and Mid western ports redundant. An Aba, Nnewi or Onitsha importer would simply rush down to Ibom Port, collect his cargo and still attend to his clients in realtime without hassles.
I dont foresee a suffocated city like lagos spring up at Ibom, instead the domino effect of the port operations will see development spread and spring into neighboring states. The Eastern and the middle belt maritime corridor will be great. This is good

NDPVF:
troll.Do you have sand for brain?.

thank you GMB for aiding the niger delta

Deltagiant:
The Igbo trooped into Lagos to live in part due to the several hundreds of kilometers their business men had to travel to clear their goods at the sea port. Therefore, It made sense looking for somewhere around to live and do businesss after several tiring trips. If Lagos had been say 80 or 150 kilometers to Igboland, most of these traders and importers wouldn't have had the need to live in lagos as they would simply go collect their cargoes and return to their bases.

I pray Akwa Ibom Deep seaport on completion would not be held down by the political "red tape" that made other Eastern and Mid western ports redundant. An Aba or Onitsha importer would simply rush down to Ibom Port, collect his cargo and still attend to his clients in realtime without hassles.
I dont foresee a suffocated city like lagos spring up at Ibom, instead the domino effect of the port operations will see development spread and spring into neighboring states. The Eastern and the middle belt maritime corridor will be great. This is good

Nothing will hinder this port IJN, the usual low depth due to non dredging that hinders other ports will not affect this port as it is a natural deep port which require little or no dredging.
It will be a prefered port because it is right on the atlantic ocean with open ocean access with no shallow channel access route encumbrances.
and it will have the ability to berth the largest ships in the world.

ujoinme:
This is a great project, I just hope that Udom emmanuel will hurry up with the process of actualization of this port. Its what the former South eastern States has been clamouring for, over a long period of time.

Especially now that all the necessary approvals has been secured and all the political hoops that was hindering the project has been overcomed. the only thing that can stop it now is funding! this is why Udom Emmanuel was unanimously elected by the people of Akwa Ibom State, to use his banking wizardry to secure funds for this project and we trust that God will strengthen him to accomplish it.

I bet you,when the port come on stream,we will match Lagos in IGR generation.Our neighbouring states of Abia,Anambra,Imo,and other Igbo business men,will make use of it.At the face of global oil down turn,we must leverage on areas where we have comparative advantage,else we will fail.

gwales:
thank you GMB, the niger delta people are very grateful

They can keep hating, while Buhari keeps effecting change nationwide.

NDPVF:
I bet you,when the port come on stream,we will match Lagos in IGR generation.Our neighbouring states of Abia,Anambra,Imo,and other Igbo business men,will make use of it.At the face of global oil down turn,we must leverage on areas where we have comparative advantage,else we will fail.

I'm quite aware of all the topograpical advantages this port has over any port in Nigeria. But Nigeria being what it is .....

NDPVF:
I bet you,when the port come on stream,we will match Lagos in IGR generation.Our neighbouring states of Abia,Anambra,Imo,and other Igbo business men,will make use of it.At the face of global oil down turn,we must leverage on areas where we have comparative advantage,else we will fail.

Why do you feel the need to always compare Akwa Ibom with other states? please desist from that negative tendency it reeks of inferiority complex.
Lagos port will do its own business while Ibom port will do its own business at the end all ports will be owned and regulated by the FG and will generate income and jobs for Nigeria.

Lagos port will service the western region of Nigeria while the Ibom port will service the eastern and central parts of Nigeria.
Ibom seaport will reduce the turn around time for the eastern and central nigerian business will have to wait to receive their cargo form the congested and Distant Lagos port. thereby helping make Nigerian Businesses more efficient and also helping decongest lagos port with the attendant congestion of the city.
Its a win win for everyone, and the Country at large.

The Ibaka seaport has the following unique features:

• Has a natural draught of 11 meters
• requires little dredging to accommodate large ocean going vessels
• located in the oil rich region and would serve the oil companies and oil service companies located within the region
• Easy access to the oil rich Gulf of Guinea
• Proximity and centrality to Deep offshore operations & West African region, JDZ, Sao Tome, Equatorial Guinea, Angola, Gabon, Tinapa.
• Could stimulate industrial, mercantile and tourism activities
• Development of infrastructure to support oil & gas exploration, shipping, industries and international trade within a free trade zone framework
• The synergy so generated would be used as a vehicle for rapid development
• Employment of a strategy that balances rapid industrialisation/ economic growth with environment protection.

Ibaka Integrated Deep Seaport Initiative
The Ibaka Integrated Deep Seaport project is one mega project whose economic importance to Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria and the entire Gulf of Guinea has been well acknowledged. This has informed keen interest of the Federal Government of Nigeria in the project, which on completion, is expected to redefine the direction of economic activities in the sub-region. To underscore the importance of the Ibaka Intergraded Deep Seaport to the economy of the region the Federal government of Nigeria not long along ago gave approval and set up a technical implementation committee to ensure the actualization of this dream project and the required licenses have been issued for its takeoff.

The Ibaka Integrated Deep Seaport consists of key components are also constitute major investment areas for potential local and international investors.

The key components of the IIDS, are:
• Petrochemical Industries (eg, fertilizer plant)
• Refineries
• Five Star Hotel
• Dockyard and watercraft Repair Facilities
• Cargo Handling and Associated activities

The Ibaka Deep Sea Port is designed to be one of the components of proposed Ibom Industrial City. The Industrial City business resort is expected to house refineries, petrochemical plant, dockyard, housing estates and oil and gas support services.

ujoinme:


Why do you feel the need to always compare Akwa Ibom with other states? please desist from that negative tendency it reeks of inferiority complex.
Lagos port will do its own business while Ibom port will do its own business at the end all ports will be owned and regulated by the FG and will generate income and jobs for Nigeria.

Lagos port will service the western region of Nigeria while the Ibom port will service the eastern and central parts of Nigeria.

you must have qouted me out of context.Lagos is a model state at least by Nigerian standard,of a non-oil standard economy.Hence,i envisaging our economy im that light,isnt a thing of "inferiority complex",its rather called "healthy economic competition",which triggers real development.for instance,VISION 202020,is not inferiority complex,but a vision of Nigeria to be among the world largest 20 economies by the year 2020.you got it?.

Deltagiant:


I'm quite aware of all the topograpical advantages this port has over any port in Nigeria. But Nigeria being what it is .....

you are right.

NDPVF:
you must have qouted me out of context.Lagos is a model state at least by Nigerian standard,of a non-oil standard economy.Hence,i envisaging our economy im that light,isnt a thing of "inferiority complex",its rather called "healthy economic competition",which triggers real development.for instance,VISION 202020,is not inferiority complex,but a vision of Nigeria to be among the world largest 20 economies by the year 2020.you got it?.

I must have, My bad! Appologies.

ujoinme:

I must have, My bad! Appologies.

one love.

ujoinme:


Why do you feel the need to always compare Akwa Ibom with other states? please desist from that negative tendency it reeks of inferiority complex.
Lagos port will do its own business while Ibom port will do its own business at the end all ports will be owned and regulated by the FG and will generate income and jobs for Nigeria.

Lagos port will service the western region of Nigeria while the Ibom port will service the eastern and central parts of Nigeria.
Ibom seaport will reduce the turn around time for the eastern and central nigerian business will have to wait to receive their cargo form the congested and Distant Lagos port. thereby helping make Nigerian Businesses more efficient and also helping decongest lagos port with the attendant congestion of the city.
Its a win win for everyone, and the Country at large.

This is so true @ujoinme

jazzydee:
This is very nice move @op do you know where the port is going to be sited? I heard that the port is no longer going to be at Ibaka, but has been moved to a new location hence the change of Name from Ibaka to Ibom deep seaport.

Jazzydee I think you were right i just found this:

Ibaka deep sea port relocated to new site

THE proposed Ibaka deep sea port, Akwa Ibom, has been relocated to Ibeno Local Government Area, while the name has been changed to Ibom from Ibaka.
Vanguard gathered that the project analysis done by a foreign consultant and Transaction Advisers, FELAC Concept and Marine and Transport Business Solutions, MTBS, of Netherlands, showed that the port project would not be commercially viable if sited at Ibaka due to its long distance from the sea..
A source close to the Ministerial Steering and Delivery Committee for the port who spoke to Vanguard, explained that the project had to be moved initially to Okposo. The source further noted that the same problem of distance from the sea as well as the dense population, made it non-viable.
The source said that the soil analysis on Okposo showed that the earth there is marshy which would further drive up the cost of construction should it be sited there.
The source pointed out that the project had to be moved again to the third site at Ibeno Local Government Area and the name had to be changed from Ibaka to Ibom, like all other projects of the state to give it a state colouration.
The distance from the new site to the sea is about 20 nautical kilometres and also it is closer to the connecting expressway for quick evacuation of consignments from the port at completion, the source disclosed.
The source also said that the area is less populated, making compensation for displaced persons easy, as well as making the new site for the project commercially viable.
The transport ministry source said that one of the major challenges faced by the committee at the new site was the presence of under-ground oil pipelines.
The source explained that the Committee held several meetings with the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, National Petroleum Investment Management Services, NAPIMS, and the various oil companies on how to work around the pipelines.
The oil companies agreed to relocate some of the pipelines that were no longer active away from the area to aid quick construction of the port.
The source explained that construction work on the project is expected to commence sometime next year on a Public, Private Partnership.
It added that a few little details left on the part of government would soon be taken care of for construction work to commence.
On financing, the source disclosed that the private sector is expected to have 60 percent while the Federal and state governments are expected to hold 20 percent each. According to the source, “No government can fund a port project but it can only be achieved through a Public/Private sector partnership.”
Foreign concerns are already making inquires on what is required to partake in the financing of the project.
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/12/ibaka-deep-sea-port-relocated-new-site/#sthash.P0rOBdyw.dpuf

Atouke:


Jazzydee I think you were right i just found this:

Ibaka deep sea port relocated to new site

THE proposed Ibaka deep sea port, Akwa Ibom, has been relocated to Ibeno Local Government Area, while the name has been changed to Ibom from Ibaka.
Vanguard gathered that the project analysis done by a foreign consultant and Transaction Advisers, FELAC Concept and Marine and Transport Business Solutions, MTBS, of Netherlands, showed that the port project would not be commercially viable if sited at Ibaka due to its long distance from the sea..
A source close to the Ministerial Steering and Delivery Committee for the port who spoke to Vanguard, explained that the project had to be moved initially to Okposo. The source further noted that the same problem of distance from the sea as well as the dense population, made it non-viable.
The source said that the soil analysis on Okposo showed that the earth there is marshy which would further drive up the cost of construction should it be sited there.
The source pointed out that the project had to be moved again to the third site at Ibeno Local Government Area and the name had to be changed from Ibaka to Ibom, like all other projects of the state to give it a state colouration.
The distance from the new site to the sea is about 20 nautical kilometres and also it is closer to the connecting expressway for quick evacuation of consignments from the port at completion, the source disclosed.
The source also said that the area is less populated, making compensation for displaced persons easy, as well as making the new site for the project commercially viable.
The transport ministry source said that one of the major challenges faced by the committee at the new site was the presence of under-ground oil pipelines.
The source explained that the Committee held several meetings with the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, National Petroleum Investment Management Services, NAPIMS, and the various oil companies on how to work around the pipelines.
The oil companies agreed to relocate some of the pipelines that were no longer active away from the area to aid quick construction of the port.
The source explained that construction work on the project is expected to commence sometime next year on a Public, Private Partnership.
It added that a few little details left on the part of government would soon be taken care of for construction work to commence.
On financing, the source disclosed that the private sector is expected to have 60 percent while the Federal and state governments are expected to hold 20 percent each. According to the source, “No government can fund a port project but it can only be achieved through a Public/Private sector partnership.”
Foreign concerns are already making inquires on what is required to partake in the financing of the project.
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/12/ibaka-deep-sea-port-relocated-new-site/#sthash.P0rOBdyw.dpuf

Right!! I told you there was news about the relocation last year. Am glad you found proof.

Atouke:


Jazzydee I think you were right i just found this:

Ibaka deep sea port relocated to new site

THE proposed Ibaka deep sea port, Akwa Ibom, has been relocated to Ibeno Local Government Area, while the name has been changed to Ibom from Ibaka.
Vanguard gathered that the project analysis done by a foreign consultant and Transaction Advisers, FELAC Concept and Marine and Transport Business Solutions, MTBS, of Netherlands, showed that the port project would not be commercially viable if sited at Ibaka due to its long distance from the sea..
A source close to the Ministerial Steering and Delivery Committee for the port who spoke to Vanguard, explained that the project had to be moved initially to Okposo. The source further noted that the same problem of distance from the sea as well as the dense population, made it non-viable.
The source said that the soil analysis on Okposo showed that the earth there is marshy which would further drive up the cost of construction should it be sited there.
The source pointed out that the project had to be moved again to the third site at Ibeno Local Government Area and the name had to be changed from Ibaka to Ibom, like all other projects of the state to give it a state colouration.
The distance from the new site to the sea is about 20 nautical kilometres and also it is closer to the connecting expressway for quick evacuation of consignments from the port at completion, the source disclosed.
The source also said that the area is less populated, making compensation for displaced persons easy, as well as making the new site for the project commercially viable.
The transport ministry source said that one of the major challenges faced by the committee at the new site was the presence of under-ground oil pipelines.
The source explained that the Committee held several meetings with the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, National Petroleum Investment Management Services, NAPIMS, and the various oil companies on how to work around the pipelines.
The oil companies agreed to relocate some of the pipelines that were no longer active away from the area to aid quick construction of the port.
The source explained that construction work on the project is expected to commence sometime next year on a Public, Private Partnership.
It added that a few little details left on the part of government would soon be taken care of for construction work to commence.
On financing, the source disclosed that the private sector is expected to have 60 percent while the Federal and state governments are expected to hold 20 percent each. According to the source, “No government can fund a port project but it can only be achieved through a Public/Private sector partnership.”
Foreign concerns are already making inquires on what is required to partake in the financing of the project.
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/12/ibaka-deep-sea-port-relocated-new-site/#sthash.P0rOBdyw.dpuf

@atouke and @jazzydee you guys are misunderstanding the issue! the fact is that from Ibeno, ewang, Okposo, tom shot island all the way to Ibaka and jamestown is part of the ibom industrial city, If you look at the 3D model of the area i posted earlier you will see that all that area is earmarked for the industrial city development. the port is just a component of the industrial city and will be sited within the industrial city which covers about 5 Local Government Areas in the state

ujoinme:


@atouke and @jazzydee you guys are misunderstanding the issue! the fact is that from Ibeno, ewang, Okposo, tom shot island all the way to Ibaka and jamestown is part of the ibom industrial city, If you look at the 3D model of the area i posted earlier you will see that all that area is earmarked for the industrial city development. the port is just a component of the industrial city and will be sited within the industrial city which covers about 5 Local Government Areas in the state

Whats your point exactly? I think we know the difference between the proposed industrial city and the deep seaport. we were discussing the site of the actual seaport. is it in Ibaka as originally proposed or has it been moved to ibeno as the MTBS(the consultant) website shows? If you have information to this regard kindly post it, and stop talking like a politician. you cant fool me.

Atouke:


Whats your point exactly? I think we know the difference between the proposed industrial city and the deep seaport. we were discussing the site of the actual seaport. is it in Ibaka as originally proposed or has it been moved to ibeno as the MTBS(the consultant) website shows? If you have information to this regard kindly post it, and stop talking like a politician. you cant fool me.

I am no politician Abeg -o ! just a concerned Akwa Ibomite. My point is that the seaport was to be sited within the industrial city which ibeno and ibaka are within that industrial city proximity so there is no relocation here as the seaport is within the proposed industrial city.

I heard from the grapevine that Ibaka where the initial site was earmarked for the proposed Nigerian Navy submarine port which is still underwraps as it is the deepest natural waterbody in Nigeria. That makes sense because its just a stone through from the NNS station at james town. So as a matter of National strategic security a new site was imperative. And that this was the reason for the delay in approval of the seaport as opposed to politics that everyone was blaming. But don't quote me on it as it is just rumor.
The most important thing is that a suitable site has been allotted for the deep seaport that is satisfactory to all Stakeholders in the project and all Approvals has been secured.LOL

ujoinme:


I am no politician Abeg -o ! just a concerned Akwa Ibomite. My point is that the seaport was to be sited within the industrial city which ibeno and ibaka are within that industrial city proximity so there is no relocation here as the seaport is within the proposed industrial city.

I heard from the grapevine that Ibaka where the initial site was earmarked for the proposed a Nigerian Navy submarine port which is still underwraps as it is the deepest natural waterbody in Nigeria. That makes sense because its just a stone through from the NNS station at james town. So as a matter of National security a new site was imperative. and that this was the reason for the delay in approval of the seaport as opposed to politics that everyone was blaming. But don't quote me on it as it is just rumor.
The most important thing is that a suitable site has been allotted for the deep seaport that is satisfactory to all Stakeholders in the project and all Approvals has been secured.LOL

So in other words you are confirming the relocation of the seaport? See I know you know more than you were telling. But somehow i still feel you are a politician.

Atouke:


So in other words you are confirming the relocation of the seaport? See I know you know more than you were telling. But somehow i still feel you are a politician.

You are getting it wrong, your choice of word is questionable, there is no relocation as the seaport is within the ibom industrial city and free zone. The area is large an covers about 5 Local government area, so siteing the seaport within any area of the zone does not mean a relocation. Relocation would have been applicable if the site was moved outside of the proposed industrial city zone.

I wish i was a politician then i will be rich ! LOL

ujoinme:

You are getting it wrong, your choice of word is questionable, there is no relocation as the seaport is within the ibom industrial city and free zone. The area is large an covers about 5 Local government area, so siteing the seaport within any area of the zone does not mean a relocation. Relocation would have been applicable if the site was moved outside of the proposed industrial city zone.

I wish i was a politician then i will be rich ! LOL

Okay thank you sir! A politician is known by their utterances, I will allow others to judge you by your utterance. I have already madeup my mind on who you are.
Am no fan of Akpabio and his political Godson Udom, But it will be great if they can actualize this seaport project.

Atouke:

Okay thank you sir! A politician is known by their utterances, I will allow others to judge you by your utterance. I have already madeup my mind on who you are.
Am no fan of Akpabio and his political Godson Udom, But it will be great if they can actualize this seaport project.

Dont mind @ujoinme he is part of Akpabio political machine. A simple yes or know is what is needed here, is the approved site at Ibaka or Ibeno? maybe he thinks we are kids. Use Semantics on kids not us.

jazzydee:


Dont mind @ujoinme he is part of Akpabio political machine. A simple yes or know is what is needed here, is the approved site at Ibaka or Ibeno? maybe he thinks we are kids. Use Semantics on kids not us.

What does it matter whether it is sited in Ibeno or Ibaka are they not in the same state? infact they are a stone through from each other.

notobs:


What does it matter whether it is sited in Ibeno or Ibaka are they not in the same state? infact they are a stone through from each other.

Yes it matters to me, If you are from akwa Ibom state you would understand. I am an oron man and this project was promised to oron people but now it has been hijacked to ibeno.

jazzydee:


Yes it matters to me, If you are from akwa Ibom state you would understand. I am an oron man and this project was promised to oron people but now it has been hijacked to ibeno.

Its the same state and same senatorial District. Are you going to blame Akpabio or Udom? ibeno is not in their LGA.

Why is everything in Akwa Ibom called Ibom? Ibom Specialist hospital, Ibom Airport development authority, le meridien Ibom Hotel and Golf resort, Ibom industrial city and now Ibom deep seaport?