FG reacts to SECCIMA calls for activation of Onitsha River Port, but…
Barely one week after the leadership of the South East Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (SECCIMA) cried out after a meeting in Anambra over the official delays in just naming a concessionaire for the long refurbished Onitsha River…
SECCIMA at investiture seeks S’East Govs joint efforts to develop seaport in zone
Considering the official silence of the Federal Government in delaying the effective takeoff of long-completed Onitsha River Port, the South East Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (SECCIMA) has called on the South East Governors Forum to open their…
Questions on funding as FG plans $1.6bn two new seaports in PH, Warri
…As stakeholders prefer capacity upgrade of existing ones than new ones Recent revelation in Warri, by the Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, that two new seaports will be built in Port Harcourt and Warri has continued to elicit reactions. Whereas…
Overstressed Lagos Ports capacities to crash if Eastern ports remain locked—Experts
More facts pointing to the need to unlock usage of Eastern ports of Port Harcourt, Warri, Onne and the recently refurbished Onitsha River Port have emerged. AP Moeller Terminals, leading concessionaire at Apapa and Tin Can Ports raised fresh alarm,…
Can Muoghalu activate Onitsha River Port as Buhari appoints him NIWA MD?
Earlier in the week, President Muhammadu Buhari appointed the National Auditor of the All Progressives Congress (APC), George Muoghalu, as the new Managing Director of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA). Recall that his appointment is coming one month after…
Poor use of Eastern ports, Ontisha River port killing Lagos Ports—AMJON
The leadership of Association of Maritime Journalists of Nigeria (AMJON), has presented a position paper on the how to revive the moribund Eastern ports and Onitsha River Port so as to reduce the stretching of capacities of Lagos ports. In…
‘Osinbajo’s stand to build more ports without fixing Eastern ports worrisome’
The weekend assurance by the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo that the Federal Government will build more ports across the country, to decongest the gridlock in and out of the Apapa ports, has elicited divided reactions by maritime stakeholders. Recall that…
FG officially frustrating S’East by abandoning Onitsha River Port—OCCIMA
Business leaders in the South East region of Nigeria, who had hoped to drive their businesses using the long-rehabilitated Onitsha River Port, have rolled out facts and figures suggesting that the Federal Government deliberately sat on the concessioning of the…
AIIA: S’East Business leaders’ decry rising marginalization on transport infrastructure
The recently announced intent by the Federal Government to shut down the only international airport in the South East of Nigeria, the Akanu Ibiam International Airport (AIIA), Enugu, has attracted the anger of the South East Business Leaders. In an…
Continued rot as NIWA fails to name Onitsha River port concessionaire in Q1
Contrary to the promise of the Federal Government during the commissioning of Baro refurbished River port in Kogi State that the new concessionaires of Onitsha River Port will take over operations on or before the end of first quarter this…
