Lokoja Port

Why lokoja river port project lingers.

Lokoja port. The federal government has approved the upward review of the contract sum of the lokoja port from n400. The minister of transport stated this in london. While the oworo bassa kwomu bassa nge igala and ebira are indigenous to the area other ethnic groups of nigeria including the igbo bini edo tiv and nupe have recently established themselves. Lokoja is a city in nigeria it lies at the confluence of the niger and benue rivers and is the capital of kogi state.

The managing director of the national inland waterways authority niwa dr. The lokoja port was supposed to have been delivered and put to use since december 2013. Ibrahim who disclosed this in an interview with newsmen in abuja said the lokoja port was 75 per cent completed while oguta port in imo was 70 per cent completed. The federal government has approved the upward review of the contract sum of the lokoja port from n400 11 million to n600 4 million.

Lokoja river port to cost n4 112 billion george moghalu niwa md by kogiflame. The federal government has approved the upward review of the contract sum of the lokoja port from n4. Lokoja town and river port capital of kogi state south central nigeria located on the west bank of the niger river opposite the mouth of the benue river british merchants established a trading post at the benue niger confluence in the late 1850s and in 1860 the scottish explorer william balfour baikie founded lokoja. But alas seven years after the project was re awarded the port is yet to be completed and put to use.

The gesture is to enable the national inland waterways authority niwa to accommodate additional specifications to the project especially to meet certain standards. The bone of contention was the alleged move by the contractor to have the contract reviewed upward by almost 100per cent of its initial cost. 11 billion to n6 4 billion. Findings by daily trust saturday revealed that over n2b had been paid to the contractor prior to the stoppage of work at the port.

8 25am on jun 04 the managing director of the national inland waterways authority niwa dr george moghalu the managing director has disclosed that the abandoned lokoja inland river port in kogi state will cost federal government n4 112 billion when completed. The minister of transport idris umar has said that the onitsha oguta baro and lokoja river ports would be concessioned by 2014. Besides being an important commercial settlement the site originally.