Hope Rises For S’East, S’South Importers, Exporters

Hope rises for South-East and South-South importers and exporters, just as the Federal Government expects increase in revenue, as National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), has vowed to make Onitsha River Port functional.
NIWA also promised that it would do everything possible under the law to recover its properties and investments in wrong hands and channel them to revenue generation ventures for the Federal Government.
This was disclosed by the Managing Director of NIWA, Chief George Moghalu, during his visit to NIWA Area Office, Onitsha, Anambra State, yesterday, as part of his nationwide tour of the investments and facilities of the federal government agency.
Moghalu, who also paid a courtesy call on the Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Nnaemeka Alfred Achebe, expressed displeasure that years since 2013 the Onitsha River Port was commissioned, it was yet to be made functional, thereby making importation, exportations activities, and revenue generation for government impossible.
“If Onitsha River Port is made functional, importers and exporters particularly from the South-East and South-South geo-political zone, and the Federal Government will benefit through attendant economic and commercial activities and revenue generation for Nigerian government.”
“There is no gainsaying the fact that crime rate will also be drastically reduced due to availability of job opportunities that will come with it.