LCCI, OCCIMA, others seek conclusion of Onitsha River Port Concession, 6 years on
Key stakeholders in Nigeria’s organized private sector doing business in Eastern Nigeria have once again, sent SOS to the federal government to conclude the concessioning of Onitsha River Port. The port, situated at the Onitsha end of the iconic River…
NIWA mute on official delays in commissioning completed Onitsha River ports
…Plans dredging of River Benue next year Official secrets are still veiling the reasons behind the rotting away of completed Onitsha River port complex. The port had been ready for commissioning even before the inauguration of the present administration in…
S’East business leaders to query Osinbajo over failed promise to activate Onitsha Port
Indications emerged Monday that the planned visit of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to the commercial city of Onitsha on Thursday this week for a two-day Anambra MSME Clinic, may be marred by barrage of questions on why upon his face-to-face…
FG frustrating concession of Onitsha Port as Olu seeks Warri, Koko dredging
More than three years on in the life of the current administration, the federal government had maintained silence in one of its electioneering campaign promises in the South East which is putting the rehabilitated Onitsha River Port into use by…
FG silent on concessioning of Onitsha Port, assures early delivery of Baro Port this year
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), and immediate former managing director of National Inland Waterway Authority (NIWA), Boss Mustapha has assured the Niger State Government that the Baro River Port will be delivered by the Federal this…
FG set to concession Onitsha port, postpones delivery of others to election year
Indications emerged in Lagos during the recent 2017 National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) International Conference and Exhibition that all the pleas made by South East top business operators and importers during the visit of the Acting president on the need…
What has Innoson, Nnewi gained from all these visits by FG officials since this year?
Earlier in the year, the Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Company Limited (IVM) plant at Nnewi was a pilgrimage of sort for top government officials. Even before the Acting President visited few months ago, there have been other Ministries, Departments and Agencies…
Again, FG to dredge 152 Km Ajaokuta-Onitsha River Niger waterways
Not up to four years of the initial multi-billion naira dredging deal carried out by former administration from Warri in Delta State through Onitsha in Anambra State to Baro in Kogi State, another whooping amount is set to go away…
