They are now arguing that Azumini proposed seaport cannot handle 5000 tons ship. This is how they spread ignorance to kill Igbo projects. Let's educate them with FACTS: 1. Azumini is NOT a river gutter, it's 19 nautical miles to the Atlantic. The Azumini Blue River joins Imo River which flows 240km directly into the Atlantic through Akwa Ibom. The corridor is just 35km to the sea. With dredging, it becomes a channel — same way Onne and Port Harcourt were dredged. 2. 5000 tons is SMALL even barges carry it. Do you know that ordinary river barges in Nigeria already carry 2000-8000 tons daily on the Niger? Calabar Port currently with only 9.5m draft handles 15,000-20,000 ton vessels. So anyone saying Azumini cannot handle 5000 tons doesn't know shipping. The plan is: Dredge to 10-12m depth like Calabar Use feeder vessels and barges to connect to Ibom Deep Sea Port and Onne Cargo moves from big ocean ships at Ibom/Onne to Azumini via barges, that is how 80% of ports work in the world (Rotterdam, Antwerp model). 3. The purpose is NOT to compete with Lekki, but to serve Aba. Aba needs raw materials IN and finished goods OUT. If Azumini handles even 5000-10,000 ton vessels, logistics cost for Aba manufacturers drops by 40-60%. That is the goal not bragging about big ships. 4. They said Onne cannot work, today Onne is Nigeria's most modern port. They said Ibom Deep Sea Port cannot work, construction has started. They always say Igbo projects cannot work. They want us to keep going to Lagos to clear goods and then pay N1.8m per truck to bring it to Onitsha. That suffering is their business. Azumini will work. The feasibility study will prove the dredging requirement, the draft, the cost and the design. Stop listening to people who have never built a jetty arguing about tonnage. SHARE to kill this propaganda. By -Eastern Reporters Image: Quality improved by Eastern Reporters @radiobiafralive @alexottiofr @CCSoludo @NGRSenate @HouseNGR @AnambraNewMedia