We can dredge this river till it is deep for ships. Nigeria nor Niger Delta cannot stop the passage of commercial ships which will be protected under international law. Afterall the Panama and Suez Canal were created from dry land. This one will be an easy job for a construction firm.
@@ericdave5786 It is for political and economic reasons. The relationship between the Igbos and those in the Niger Delta region is more like a love hate relationship. During the Biafran war, some ethnic nationalities in the Niger Delta region fought on the Biafran side while some fought on the Nigerian side against Biafra. The agitation for the restoration of Biafra has been reawakened for the second time but the full support of the Niger Delta region is not there. Just recently, a governor of the region who happens to be Igbo ancenstrally (Ikwerre) but denies his root used the Nigerian military to attack another indgineous Igbo community (Obigbo) that were carved into his state during the fraudulent state creation by a Nigerian military head of state. The military killed a lot of young men and women and whisked away a lot of people in the area to their barracks accusing them of being members of the group agitating from the restoration of Biafra (IPOB). They also arrested any Jewish worshipper in sight and destroyed synagogues in the community. Having a seaport in a territory fully controlled by Igbos will prevent the Niger Delta region whether independent or still part of Nigeria from using an economic blockade in the future if there happens to be a dispute between Igboland and the Niger Delta region. The same strategy of cutting supplies has been used before by the Nigerian government. During the Biafran war, the Nigerian government with the help of the British Navy guarding the oceans in the region and some Niger Deltan ethnic groups like the Ijaws guarding the creeks and rivers starved 3 to 5 million Igbos to death. Relying on a vital infrastructure like a seaport in a territory where we can't consider its inhabitants friends or foes will be disastrous to the economic security of Igboland.
We are going with or without the Niger Deltans but we must take part of our land fraudulently given to them during creation of states with us, we go with Obigbo and Igweocha if Ikwerre them just they remain with Nigeria those once are a lost sheep, we may consider them when they come back to their senses
@@ayebatarijuliapaxagiri2767 Bonny Island[1] is situated at the southern edge of Rivers State in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. It is near Port Harcourt. Ferries are the main form of transport to and from the island. The local language spoken in Bonny Island is Ndoki, which is an Igbo dialect.
@@trusttrusty9786thnx but I know where Bonny is. I'v bin 2 Bonny countless times. I'm a full blooded Port Harcourt born & bred. I'm partly frm Opobo. D language of Bonny & Opobo is Ibani wich is a dialect of Ijaw. Som of dem can speak Ndoki but it's not their original, native language. Their native language is Ibani till date, som can speak it, som can't, I hv many family members & friends from Bonny & Opobo who speak Ibani. Infact som families don't evn understand Ndoki. Ibani is d language. Dat's d reason they don't bear Ndoki/Igbo names. It's not native 2dem. Bonny or Opobo ppl ALWAYS bear Ijaw names, never Igbo names. Same with their titles. All their titles r Ijaw titles, never ever Igbo. If u r frm Bonny or Opobo pls wot's ur name? Or if u hv friends frm there, wot r their names? Any Igbo name? If u r frm there or u know about dem den u certainly wud know d reason y som ppl speak d Ndoki dialect. Bonny & Opobo is Ibani, Ijaw land NOT Igbo land.
Igbo may not need to build a seaport in Azumini because Opobo and parts of Bonny are Igbo lands. Ijaws and other minorities in that region may disagree but whether they like or not, those two islands are going with Biafra. Every precolonial historical evidence proves that Opobo and a part of Bonny are Igbo land, and we must not leave them behind.
U lie ! Bonny & Opobo is Ibani. Igbos arrived in their numbers during d slave trade era. Som of d indigenes speak Ndoki but d native language of Opobo & Bonny is pure Ibani, a dialect of Ijaw U can't force a ppl 2bcom wot u want dem 2b. Don't twist history 2suit urself
@@collinsjapan Tell me one Igbo person who has no Igbo name or surname. Igbos don't do without their name. There must b an Igbo name or surname. I can't b Igbo wen both my name & surname r Ijaw. Plus I practice Ijaw culture & tradition. I hv no biz with 4 Igbo Market days . I hv no bizness with New Yam Festival. I don't speak Ndoki, I speak Ibani dialect. D list is endless. U don't force ppl 2bcom wot u want dem 2b. If u insist I'm Igbo, I also say u r an Ijaw man. Period
@@collinsjapan U can b Fulani if u want but I am who I am. Ur talk or view is inconsequential. Just know dat Ibani is Ijaw. We hv links, intermarriage, a long history of bizness interaction & relating with Igbos but we r Ijaws. We r not Ikwerre who began denying Igbo after d civil war. Bonny & Opobo (IBANI) has always bin IJAW. Go & read history. Precolonial & colonial history of Bonny & Opobo is evrywia. D founder of IJAW PEOPLE'S LEAGUE, Mr JENEWARI DAPPA BIRIYE was a Bonny chief. He founded IJAW PEOPLE'S LEAGUE way back, 1940. Decades b4 Nigeria got independence not 2talk of civil war. If Bonny is Igbo, identified as Igbo but only started denying Igbo after civil war, there's no way a Bonny chief, frm d Royal, ruling DAPPA WAR CANOE HOUSE will establish IJAW PEOPLE'S LEAGUE 2fight 4d rights of Ijaws. He shud hv founded IGBO PEOPLE'S LEAGUE, joining d likes of Nnamdi Azikiwe but no he didn't, bcos Bonny is & has always bin IJAW. So u can b Efik or Bini if u lik but don't force ur Igbo on Ibani.
After Azumini is OGONI LAND . IGBo can not dredge Ogoni land to allow ships pass to Azumini Igbo ship can not sail through another country to Biafra so Biafra is completely landlocked
Azumini river is the closest Nautical miles to the Atlantic Ocean, 23 nautical miles, Lagos seaport is 50 nautical miles, Onne port is 60 nautical miles
Again, if Ibos has one spirit all of them should join hands to request for this Sea port to actualize no mater the state where it was located. But Ibo selfish mentality, jealousy and competition among their states can not allow them to forge ahead.
The problem is not the igbo biafra tribe but the hausa fulani northerners and yoruba tribe and other tribes that close to igbo tribe, the so called Nigeria government knows the importance of seaport to igbo biafra tribe in their home land that is why general YAKUBU GOWON and hausa fulani and yoruba tribe stood up not to developed any seaport or international airport in igbo biafra tribe land it is a written agreement between YAKUBU GOWON and northerners and yoruba tribe to keep down igbos by blocking every thing that is in their land so that igbo biafra tribe will not developed ask ur self why we have coal in igbo land but we don't have power supply because Nigeria government block all this things so that we igbos will not use it to developed our economy and our land and people also we igbo tribe have gas too, is because of igbo biafra tribe other seaport in non igbo tribes are close till today because is close to igbo biafra tribe land
Igbo land does not continue to the ocean. The river can not be used by the Igbos as a ship rout cos its within Rivers state and Rivers state wont be in BIAFRA . These people are so senseless .
You guys are living in a fool's paradise. Take a walk to Ibaka and you will see that you can't in no way compare the River to Ibaka which is an Atlantic ocean. The Azumini River passes through Abia, Akwa Ibom then Rivers state into the Atlantic ocean. Can you tell us the part of Igbo land that share boundaries with the Atlantics?
@Nsikak Essien "Narrow channels of marginal sea or inland waters through which international shipping has a right of passage." It is an international law that countries inland of any river that exits into an ocean or sea have access of freeway for international shipping. The most you people can do is to prevent more dredging of the river for passage of ships citing environmental concerns but you cannot block barges from plying the rivers to reach inland. Economic cooperation between two neighboring countries is the fastest way to develop and a win win for both parties. So If you people want to play as economically uncooperative neighbors, we will also respond in kind. Also mind you that climate change is real and more coastal areas all across the world will be inundated by the ocean in the future. Nigeria is already having numerous cases of consistent flooding and erosion of coastal areas. You will be needing dryland to relocate to in the future while the ocean comes to us knowing how unserious the Nigerian government is when it comes to development. czcams.com/video/0zuRMxaCrvQ/video.html
You can have seaports and still be poor. Is not every country that have seaports that are doing very well, I'm not saying is not necessary for economy.
I love this message, God bless you
We can dredge this river till it is deep for ships. Nigeria nor Niger Delta cannot stop the passage of commercial ships which will be protected under international law. Afterall the Panama and Suez Canal were created from dry land. This one will be an easy job for a construction firm.
like the ambition but why dredge a place when there is an abundance of rivers; oceans in a neighboring area called Niger Delta?
@@ericdave5786 It is for political and economic reasons. The relationship between the Igbos and those in the Niger Delta region is more like a love hate relationship. During the Biafran war, some ethnic nationalities in the Niger Delta region fought on the Biafran side while some fought on the Nigerian side against Biafra. The agitation for the restoration of Biafra has been reawakened for the second time but the full support of the Niger Delta region is not there. Just recently, a governor of the region who happens to be Igbo ancenstrally (Ikwerre) but denies his root used the Nigerian military to attack another indgineous Igbo community (Obigbo) that were carved into his state during the fraudulent state creation by a Nigerian military head of state. The military killed a lot of young men and women and whisked away a lot of people in the area to their barracks accusing them of being members of the group agitating from the restoration of Biafra (IPOB). They also arrested any Jewish worshipper in sight and destroyed synagogues in the community. Having a seaport in a territory fully controlled by Igbos will prevent the Niger Delta region whether independent or still part of Nigeria from using an economic blockade in the future if there happens to be a dispute between Igboland and the Niger Delta region. The same strategy of cutting supplies has been used before by the Nigerian government. During the Biafran war, the Nigerian government with the help of the British Navy guarding the oceans in the region and some Niger Deltan ethnic groups like the Ijaws guarding the creeks and rivers starved 3 to 5 million Igbos to death. Relying on a vital infrastructure like a seaport in a territory where we can't consider its inhabitants friends or foes will be disastrous to the economic security of Igboland.
Let's dredge the port, we will do better as Igbo nation
We are going with or without the Niger Deltans but we must take part of our land fraudulently given to them during creation of states with us, we go with Obigbo and Igweocha if Ikwerre them just they remain with Nigeria those once are a lost sheep, we may consider them when they come back to their senses
You're enlighten bro
Waooooh lovely
Yes international water it's our route to international.
Azumini is not needed in Biafra ,IGWEOCHA port harcourt is BIAFRA LAND and IGWE NGA opobo is BIAFRA LAND . THESE TWO PLACES ARE IGBO LAND
My grandfather is from Opobo and we are Ngwa people in Aba present day Abia state
@@openminds4706 pls Opobo is Ibani.
My grandmother is frm Opobo but I'm not Igbo. Bonny & Opobo r Ibani ppl, Ijaws.
@@ayebatarijuliapaxagiri2767 Bonny Island[1] is situated at the southern edge of Rivers State in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. It is near Port Harcourt. Ferries are the main form of transport to and from the island. The local language spoken in Bonny Island is Ndoki, which is an Igbo dialect.
@@trusttrusty9786thnx but I know where Bonny is. I'v bin 2 Bonny countless times. I'm a full blooded Port Harcourt born & bred. I'm partly frm Opobo.
D language of Bonny & Opobo is Ibani wich is a dialect of Ijaw. Som of dem can speak Ndoki but it's not their original, native language. Their native language is Ibani till date, som can speak it, som can't, I hv many family members & friends from Bonny & Opobo who speak Ibani. Infact som families don't evn understand Ndoki. Ibani is d language. Dat's d reason they don't bear Ndoki/Igbo names. It's not native 2dem. Bonny or Opobo ppl ALWAYS bear Ijaw names, never Igbo names. Same with their titles. All their titles r Ijaw titles, never ever Igbo. If u r frm Bonny or Opobo pls wot's ur name? Or if u hv friends frm there, wot r their names? Any Igbo name? If u r frm there or u know about dem den u certainly wud know d reason y som ppl speak d Ndoki dialect. Bonny & Opobo is Ibani, Ijaw land NOT Igbo land.
@@ayebatarijuliapaxagiri2767 you are Igbo
Igbo may not need to build a seaport in Azumini because Opobo and parts of Bonny are Igbo lands. Ijaws and other minorities in that region may disagree but whether they like or not, those two islands are going with Biafra. Every precolonial historical evidence proves that Opobo and a part of Bonny are Igbo land, and we must not leave them behind.
U lie !
Bonny & Opobo is Ibani. Igbos arrived in their numbers during d slave trade era. Som of d indigenes speak Ndoki but d native language of Opobo & Bonny is pure Ibani, a dialect of Ijaw
U can't force a ppl 2bcom wot u want dem 2b. Don't twist history 2suit urself
@@ayebatarijuliapaxagiri2767 you are Igbo too. You hear am
I be Igbo woman period
@@collinsjapan Tell me one Igbo person who has no Igbo name or surname. Igbos don't do without their name. There must b an Igbo name or surname. I can't b Igbo wen both my name & surname r Ijaw. Plus I practice Ijaw culture & tradition. I hv no biz with 4 Igbo Market days . I hv no bizness with New Yam Festival. I don't speak Ndoki, I speak Ibani dialect. D list is endless.
U don't force ppl 2bcom wot u want dem 2b. If u insist I'm Igbo, I also say u r an Ijaw man. Period
@@ayebatarijuliapaxagiri2767 yes I'm Ijaw man. Have anything changed? Why are you troubling your heart with nothing.
@@collinsjapan U can b Fulani if u want but I am who I am. Ur talk or view is inconsequential. Just know dat Ibani is Ijaw. We hv links, intermarriage, a long history of bizness interaction & relating with Igbos but we r Ijaws. We r not Ikwerre who began denying Igbo after d civil war. Bonny & Opobo (IBANI) has always bin IJAW.
Go & read history. Precolonial & colonial history of Bonny & Opobo is evrywia.
D founder of IJAW PEOPLE'S LEAGUE, Mr JENEWARI DAPPA BIRIYE was a Bonny chief. He founded IJAW PEOPLE'S LEAGUE way back, 1940. Decades b4 Nigeria got independence not 2talk of civil war. If Bonny is Igbo, identified as Igbo but only started denying Igbo after civil war, there's no way a Bonny chief, frm d Royal, ruling DAPPA WAR CANOE HOUSE will establish IJAW PEOPLE'S LEAGUE 2fight 4d rights of Ijaws. He shud hv founded IGBO PEOPLE'S LEAGUE, joining d likes of Nnamdi Azikiwe but no he didn't, bcos Bonny is & has always bin IJAW.
So u can b Efik or Bini if u lik but don't force ur Igbo on Ibani.
So what are we waiting for MNK let’s see if strategically it’s ok to go with what we have now others will be completed to to join us
After Azumini is OGONI LAND . IGBo can not dredge Ogoni land to allow ships pass to Azumini Igbo ship can not sail through another country to Biafra so Biafra is completely landlocked
Azumini is in Abia
River means you are landlocked. As long as you don't have direct access to the ocean you are landlocked.
U'are a dump
Azumini leads directly to the Ocean
Azumini river is the closest Nautical miles to the Atlantic Ocean, 23 nautical miles, Lagos seaport is 50 nautical miles, Onne port is 60 nautical miles
Dumb..The river is 25 Nautical miles to the Atlantic ocean..How's that Landlocked?
U are uneducated n ignorant
Again, if Ibos has one spirit all of them should join hands to request for this Sea port to actualize no mater the state where it was located. But Ibo selfish mentality, jealousy and competition among their states can not allow them to forge ahead.
The problem is not the igbo biafra tribe but the hausa fulani northerners and yoruba tribe and other tribes that close to igbo tribe, the so called Nigeria government knows the importance of seaport to igbo biafra tribe in their home land that is why general YAKUBU GOWON and hausa fulani and yoruba tribe stood up not to developed any seaport or international airport in igbo biafra tribe land it is a written agreement between YAKUBU GOWON and northerners and yoruba tribe to keep down igbos by blocking every thing that is in their land so that igbo biafra tribe will not developed ask ur self why we have coal in igbo land but we don't have power supply because Nigeria government block all this things so that we igbos will not use it to developed our economy and our land and people also we igbo tribe have gas too, is because of igbo biafra tribe other seaport in non igbo tribes are close till today because is close to igbo biafra tribe land
Shatapp, okpo
Igbo land does not continue to the ocean. The river can not be used by the Igbos as a ship rout cos its within Rivers state and Rivers state wont be in BIAFRA . These people are so senseless .
Clap for yourself ok. On the day you die, make sure you carry the rivers and oceans to your grave oo. Greedy man
You guys are living in a fool's paradise. Take a walk to Ibaka and you will see that you can't in no way compare the River to Ibaka which is an Atlantic ocean. The Azumini River passes through Abia, Akwa Ibom then Rivers state into the Atlantic ocean. Can you tell us the part of Igbo land that share boundaries with the Atlantics?
@Nsikak Essien "Narrow channels of marginal sea or inland waters through which international shipping has a right of passage." It is an international law that countries inland of any river that exits into an ocean or sea have access of freeway for international shipping. The most you people can do is to prevent more dredging of the river for passage of ships citing environmental concerns but you cannot block barges from plying the rivers to reach inland. Economic cooperation between two neighboring countries is the fastest way to develop and a win win for both parties. So If you people want to play as economically uncooperative neighbors, we will also respond in kind.
Also mind you that climate change is real and more coastal areas all across the world will be inundated by the ocean in the future. Nigeria is already having numerous cases of consistent flooding and erosion of coastal areas. You will be needing dryland to relocate to in the future while the ocean comes to us knowing how unserious the Nigerian government is when it comes to development.
czcams.com/video/0zuRMxaCrvQ/video.html
@@maverick7874 bro
@@maverick7874 leave those people they're illiterate
@@maverick7874 well spoken, you are indeed very smart
You can have seaports and still be poor. Is not every country that have seaports that are doing very well, I'm not saying is not necessary for economy.