29/06/2023
THE DIVIDENDS OF MARITIME TRADE TO THE PEOPLE OF DELTA AND HER NEIGHBORING STATES: A CALL TO ACTION AS SUGGESTED BY APC TOGETHER FOUNDATION
TO HIS EXECELLENCY, SENATOR EDE DAFINONE. SENATOR REPRESENTING DELTA CENTRAL OF DELTA STATE
The Chairman, APC Together Foundation, Ethiope East Zone, 'Mr Williams Itoje' of Oria-Abraka in Umiaghwa-Abraka Kindom, Delta State, has spotted a research that shows; Nigeria has an 853-kilometre long coastline facing the Atlantic ocean which hosts the country’s six major seaports engaged in maritime trade with Brazil, China, India, Japan, the United States and the European Union Countries. And the Port of Warri is the 6th major seaports in Nigeria.
PORT of WARRI
The Warri port was constructed in the late 1980s to serve the west delta region and attract oil companies. Lying between Lagos and Onne port, it enjoys an advantageous position and was declared a Free Zone in 2011.
The port covers 1,530,000 m2 and is divided into the Warri new port and the old port that deals with RORO, containers and general cargo. It has four container wharves and five general cargo berths covering 1600 m with a draft of 8 metres. A 60,000 m2 yard is used for storing containers and a 2500 m2 paved area for keeping loose cargo.
It is endowed with the latest equipment such as 5 cranes, 9 forklifts, 3 trailers, 8 port trucks etc. An industrial zone is adjacent to the port and houses factories, processing units and offices of shipping companies.
He (Mr Williams Itoje) went on to suggest to our noble Senator, Chief Ede Dafinone to make Warri seaport a functional one through his office, knowing fully well, that shipping goods from China and any of these countries to Nigeria, using the seaport at Warri, will also implies that the whole of Delta State, Anambra State, Edo syate, and Beyelsa State, business men and women living in Lagos will find it easy to have their business in South-South by using Warri seaport when and if it’s dredged. This seaport will create over two hundred thousand jobs, directly and indirectly, in marine business, oil and gas, power, education, housing, agro-food industry, entertainment, tourism, etc....
Signed;
SECRETARY
Teacher Emese Oghenegueke Andrew
