myplaydiary:
My question now to these Igbo's is why do you want to give up your Onitsha river port and Obuaku sea port for another in the SS. it is even a debate now as to where is more suitable when Onitsha clearly carries the day.

ZombieTERROR:
Rubbish

Blue3k:


Nobody has given up anything. Ibom Deep Seaport hardly effects you building Onitsha inland port. If you think Anambra has all the qualities to sustain the port lobby your State government to get working on project.

Akwa Ibom project is mainly funded by private sector. It's 20% federal government funding, 20% State Government, 60% Private funding. If Ananbra has so much wealth and business I don't see why your government doesn't do same. The federal government wants to dredge up 10km of inland waterways. Get you State representives on the job.

myplaydiary:
Onitsha port have gone beyond all you mentioned, it only limitations now are gazette and dredging of the river to carry heavy vessels all which are beyond the powers of the state government.

myplaydiary:
Onitsha port have gone beyond all you mentioned, it only limitations now are gazette and dredging of the river to carry heavy vessels all which are beyond the powers of the state government.

raker300:
dont mind that guy..he just wants to make noise. Let him show the progress of the port he's talking about. Onitsha port is standing already. It's handling ferried goods already yet he's making noise.

Talking about international standard port, Nigeria doesn't have any..even Lagos isn't up to international standard.

Onitsha river banks have already finished developing, they can play politics all they want, we'll get there on our own like we've always done

kingzizzy:
There is no such thing as SE or SS. Igbo land is not SE

raker300:
dont mind that guy..he just wants to make noise. Let him show the progress of the port he's talking about. Onitsha port is standing already. It's handling ferried goods already yet he's making noise.

Talking about international standard port, Nigeria doesn't have any..even Lagos isn't up to international standard.

Onitsha river banks have already finished developing, they can play politics all they want, we'll get there on our own like we've always done

ESDKING:
O.P, pls stop this division.There is no difference between between SS and SE . The names SS and SE were given for a political purpose which you know yourself. People should know that Igbo settlements didn't end in five SE States,Its beyond that and even some parts of kogi and Benue have Igbo indigenes.

Blue3k:


Making noise about what? All I said is nobody holding u down there's options and support. The op made long post making it feel like somebody out to get SE.

raker300:
oga cool it!
Don't think we all didn't notice the passive aggressive way you used to put down anambra state.

statements like "getting your reps to dredge a river" like as if only se reps can move a motion in the senate.

The op was stating how no one except the igbos is making moves to get the ports in se ready and you're here spooning over who wants to get the igbos and whatnot

Post a list of the "private business men" building the ports at Ibom make we see.

myplaydiary:
Raker300 Dont mind that guy, I thought I was the only one who noticed how he tried to mock the Anambra state govt and reps, as if their voice alone can get the port operational. I can bet you he is one of those people that wants the Igbo's to remain Economic servitude in Nigeria, but with God on our side we will keep breaking bounds both home and abroad.

raker300:
oga cool it!
Don't think we all didn't notice the passive aggressive way you used to put down anambra state.

statements like "getting your reps to dredge a river" like as if only se reps can move a motion in the senate.

The op was stating how no one except the igbos is making moves to get the ports in se ready and you're here spooning over who wants to get the igbos and whatnot

Post a list of the "private business men" building the ports at Ibom make we see.

Blue3k:


Making noise about what? All I said is nobody holding u down there's options and support. The op made long post making it feel like somebody out to get SE.

PFRB:
Onitsha River port does not connect to the sea. After Onitsha, the river Niger divides into so many branches as it goes down the sea. The nun river, the brass river and Orashi river are all branches. These branches have had so many brides constructed along them and where there are no bridges, the rives are shallow so cannot allow big vessels to navigate them.
Obuaku has no connect to the sea. The nearest is Imo river which has been bridged along it. The Azumini blue river is a bit far but needs to be widened and dredged to accommodate ocean going vessels.
All these are huge projects that will take a long time to realise. The environmental impacts may supersed the economic advantages and so the govt of the day may not approve such projects.

Igbo's should be pushing for Onitsha river port and Obuaku sea port, both Cities of Onitsha and Aba are the only two cities that can successfully sustain a thriving sea port in SE/SS that will have maximum patronage and make profits, moreover Igbo land needs direct access to the world we should not be at the mercy of any ethnic group or region we are blessed beyond dependence. We all noticed how some ethnic group consistently chorused against the dredging of the Niger River to avoid Igbo's access to the sea so why promote the interest of people who do not mean well for us instead we should be promoting Igbo land in general

loopman:


There is not Igbo city that opens to the sea. The Igbo nation is landlocked.
You are free to insult me to your heart satisfaction, it does not obliterate the fact I stated.

myplaydiary:
Why should i insult you? I only have to draw your attention to facts that you are ignorant of... If you say the south east is land locked now answer these questions it will help you discover the truth about SE being land locked or not.
Does Onitsha not have a river port sitting on the river banks of the river Niger?
Where does the river Niger empty into?
Have multinationals and other companies not used the niger river to get heavy equipments from the Atlantic to the Onitsha port?
If the Obuaku seaport does not empty into the Atlantic why was the sea port propose there by several previous administrations?
I hope you typed your post out of sincere ignorance and not out of hate that you have for igbo's in SS/SE.

myplaydiary:
Why should i insult you? I only have to draw your attention to facts that you are ignorant of... If you say the south east is land locked now answer these questions it will help you discover the truth about SE being land locked or not.
Does Onitsha not have a river port sitting on the river banks of the river Niger?
Where does the river Niger empty into?
Have multinationals and other companies not used the niger river to get heavy equipments from the Atlantic to the Onitsha port?
If the Obuaku seaport does not empty into the Atlantic why was the sea port propose there by several previous administrations?
I hope you typed your post out of sincere ignorance and not out of hate that you have for igbo's in SS/SE.

Arch1:
Dude, the South East is landlocked. QED.

The Niger River's source is in the Guinea Highlands and it discharges into the Gulf of Guinea in the Niger Delta. Because the River Niger passes through Niger Republic and Mali, doesn't stop both countries from being landlocked; because the Niger River passes through South East Nigeria doesn't stop the region from being landlocked also.

loopman:


I didn't even see this post before making mine.