Why only Lekki? The Reason they Abandoned Bonny, Ibom and Warri deep seaports.
WHY ONLY LEKKI? THE DELIBERATE ABANDONMENT OF BONNY, IBOM AND WARRI DEEP SEAPORTS Former Minister Rotimi Amaechi has finally admitted what we already know. In 2021, President Buhari approved FOUR deep seaports: Lekki Deep Seaport, Bonny Deep Seaport, Ibom Deep Seaport, and Warri Deep Seaport. Today, 5 years after, only ONE was built - Lekki. The other three? Still on paper. Still stories. Still excuses. Why is Bonny Deep Seaport still on paper? Bonny is where Nigeria's oil wealth flows from. NLNG, crude oil, gas - billions of dollars leave Bonny every single day for Lagos and Abuja. Yet they cannot build a seaport in Bonny. A seaport that would create thousands of jobs for Rivers people. They said "funding is the problem." Lie. Why is Ibom Deep Seaport still on paper? Akwa Ibom has followed every due process, provided land, provided commitment. The port has been on the drawing board since 2007. 18 years of MOU upon MOU. If it was in Lagos, it would have been completed i...