Greater Port Harcourt city

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Greater PH city to be developed in 50yrs – Amaechi
National NewsDec 7, 2009
By Jimitota Onoyume
PORT HARCOURT— RIVERS State government has expressed hope that the new greater Port Harcourt city would be fully developed within the next fifty years.
Governor Chibuike Amaechi, who made this observation in Port Harcourt when he played host to a delegation of South Korean businessmen, led by the Minister of Niger Delta, Chief Ufot Ekaete, said the state was ready to partner with Korean investors to develop the new city.
According to Amaechi, “We need you to partner with us to develop the new city and we want to see you as investors and not as contractors.”
He said Port Harcourt has the natural resources that could propel its economy, as most oil and gas companies operating in the country have their headquarters in the city, considering the status of the state as the hub of oil and gas business in Nigeria.
The governor assured the South Korean business delegation of maximum benefit from their investments, if they took advantage of the opportunities presented by their visit.
He said his government has carried out a comprehensive master plan of the new city expected to be fully developed in 50 years, but expressed happiness at the gesture by the Korean investors that the work target in the new city was achievable in less than 50 years through collaboration with the private sector.
The governor thanked the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Chief Ufot Ekaette, for facilitating the visit of the South Korean business delegation to the state, assuring that the state government was prepared to do its maximum best to place quality in its projects.
Earlier, the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Chief Ufot Ekaette, said the South Korean business delegations were in Nigeria to explore investment opportunities and had come to the Niger Delta to utilize their capacity to help develop the region.
Head of the South Korean business delegation, Mr. Philip Yun, expressed gratitude to the Rivers State government for accepting to collaborate with them and made presentation on the possible areas of partnership in the development of Greater Port Harcourt City.

[Didier-Dro]

This all is a joke

[Samuel107]

half a century?? countries are developed in a decade!

[Didier-Dro]

i am telling u

[friendsofthecity]

50 yrs!!!Jesus christ!!!Whoever considers such project within that timeframe in the contemporary age is lost.

[Samuel107]

lol... enough time for an empire to rise and fall )

[adebayoa]

Originally Posted by friendsofthecity

50 yrs!!!Jesus christ!!!Whoever considers such project within that timeframe in the contemporary age is lost.

The use of Jesus Christ in vain is very offensive and blasphameous.

[BUTEMBO21]

50 years in the 21st Century? goodbuy. salt in the wound.

[GAR3TH]

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[Ikengawo]

will you ignorants shut up. anyone telling you about this 5 year 10 year development nonsense is a lair and a dreamer.

unless you want to rush yourself into epic debt like dubai, i think 50 years is a perfect, realistic and rational time frame, give it 100 if you have to, just do it and do it well.

[JoblessBeggar]

Originally Posted by Ikengawo

will you ignorants shut up. anyone telling you about this 5 year 10 year development nonsense is a lair and a dreamer.

unless you want to rush yourself into epic debt like dubai, i think 50 years is a perfect, realistic and rational time frame, give it 100 if you have to, just do it and do it well.

Unnecessary.

[GAR3TH]

http://gphcity.com/includes/tng/pub/...cbacc852939627

[GAR3TH]

Greater PortHarcourt Phase 1A Layout

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Have they started implementing any part of the masterplan? Seems like all we get are maps of what they plan to do but no news on actual ground work. That new mega hospital was suppose to have been completed by now, but last I heard, it wasn't even close to being done.

[GAR3TH]

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[GAR3TH]

SA firms stand to win Nigeria contracts

South African companies stand to win contracts valued at R2 billion for the new city development in Port Harcourt, the capital of Nigeria's oil producing area.

This massive infrastructural development was outlined to delegates at an investment forum in Durban at the weekend, ahead of the calling for international tenders for the first phase later this month.

The Durban forum was hosted by the Greater Port Harcourt City Development Authority (GPHCDA) and the eThekwini Council, as part of the twinning arrangement, and formed part of a visit to South Africa by Port Harcourt officials to seek out foreign investment for the new city.

Aleruchi Cookey Gam, administrator of the GPHCDA, which is helping to fund the development to the tune of US$2.5 billion, said the project's first phase had passed through the design stage and was now moving to implementation.

Tenders for contracts worth about R2 billion are to be advertised globally within the next few weeks, Gam said.

Dianna Games, Honorary CEO of the SA-Nigeria Chamber of Commerce, said South African companies should not miss opportunities currently on offer in Nigeria, and particularly in Port Harcourt, as the business environment there was improving and competition was increasing rapidly.

Waiting could significantly increase the cost of entry into a populous and potentially very lucrative market, she said.

Games said South African contractors had an excellent opportunity to enter Nigeria through Port Harcourt's new city, but warned that SA was not the only country being courted for investment and services.

South Africa is a key source of investment, contractors, suppliers and services for projects in Nigeria.

The African oil giant is one of SA's biggest trading partners and its biggest investment destination in West Africa.

SA exports to Nigeria increased from R550 million in 1999 to R5.4 billion in 2009 and dozens of South African companies are now operational there.

South African engineering company Arcus Gibb is principal consultant and partner on the new city development in Port Harcourt and has drawn up the master plan.

The new city development will be built alongside the existing Port Harcourt metropolitan area.

Port Harcourt in the Niger Delta is Nigeria's second biggest city after the commercial capital Lagos.

Opportunities in the development's first phase cover the sectors of power; water supply and reticulation; solid waste management; ICT; urban transport, and the construction of housing, commercial offices, industrial parks; and a golf course and clubhouse.

Durban Mayor Obed Mlaba, opening the investment forum, said the coastal city's twinning agreement with Port Harcourt was in line with the South African government's vision to help develop the African continent.

"We believe that unless Africa can develop itself, no one will. And if Africa does not determine what it wants to do, no one else will. Africa cannot be strong if it is not strong in its own back yard."

Durban is currently training 30 officials from Rivers State.

Arcus Gibb executive director Nick Ras said his company regarded Nigeria as a primary growth area and had made a strategic decision to grow its business there.

Trevor Juul, CEO of SA property development company SBT Juul, which is already involved in several major projects in Port Harcourt, said the area offered a return on investment of about 25 percent.

Developments the company is involved in include an airport hotel, a leisure and shopping centre inspired by Montecasino in Johannesburg, and an ICT park.

"We see Rivers State and Port Harcourt as Nigeria's most exciting opportunity," he told the audience of South African service providers, potential investors, property developers and funders. - I-Net Bridge.

http://www.busrep.co.za/index.php?fS...icleId=5644707

[friendsofthecity]

That's what I called sensible achievement breaking some hurdles which might hinder internal co-operation within African states. Both parties are bound to benefit from this kind of project. From technicalities to transfer of technology and also the exchange of understanding. When the continent starts to do things like this one there are evidences growth will set in and poverty can be reduce to barest within a short time frame.

I don't buy the idea of one African state having all the development and advancement because it only has a lopsided effect and the impact is very limited to a particular nation in small, therefore Africa remaining endemic to what we know it to be.

[Merem]

Rivers seeks partnerships for Greater P-Harcourt City devt
NewsOct 20, 2010
PORT HARCOURT—Rivers State Government has called on investors within and outside Nigeria to partner with it in developing the Greater Port Harcourt City, a new city being developed with the aim of expansion, decongestion and the general development of Port Harcourt into a world class mega city.
The government also reiterated its commitment to funding the first phase of the project. Already, some developmental projects have been sited with the new city. They include the Justice Karibi Whyte Mega Specialist Hospital, the Garden City Sports Centre, Chief Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, the new Rivers State University of Science and Technology, among others.
Administrator of the Greater Port Harcourt City Development Authority GHPCDA, Dame Aleruchi Cookey-Gam, told journalists at a briefing in Port Harcourt, said that the state resolved to commence development in the Phase 1A of the master plan to position it for further investments, locally and internationally.
She noted that the government has ensured the enactment of laws backing developments in the new city which cover security of investments.
“To get the partnership of the private sector and international investors we had to start doing things right so people can see that we mean business.”
We have enacted several laws, like the Public procurement law, Public Private Participation law which is to regulate private partnerships and ease investor confidence; the Rivers State fiscal planning development law; and the recent promulgation of the Land use Prohibition of Extortion Law to keep youths from demanding unlawful fees from developers which had in the past inhibited development in the State.” She said.
Early investors have also been guaranteed an advantage. “We expect that our first pioneer people get some kind of concessions, I mean, if I see someone who is ready to invest big, I don’t think I’ll be worrying myself about how much he is going to pay me for the land. If you’re going to fast track what we are doing. So the first comers will of course get an advantage that the late comers would not get. We are still trying to work out good concessions that will encourage investors. Each investment comes with its own need so it’s on a needs basis. ” She said.
Cookey-Gam stated that the master plan is divided and would be implemented in phases. “Tenders for infrastructure projects mapped out in the first phase of 1000 hectares are completed and awaiting approval after which work will commence. We intend to start in November after getting approval from the Bureau of Public Procurement”
“We have master plans for roads, housing, water, waste water, storm water, and integrated waste management plan and so on. So far the only part of Port Harcourt that has a sewage system is the Secretariat; every other development in the city has been run by individual septic tanks. This is why we plan to build a sewage treatment plant that will serve the new city and the old city.”
She explained that out of the planned 30, 000 housing units in the first phase, the government would start with 3000. The Phase 1A also comprises a golf course, educational areas for schools with the Petroleum Development Fund PTDF as a major partner.
“We are also starting the development of the Central Spine road which will link the Airport and the Seaport, phase 1 will link Ikwerre Road while phase 2 will link the East-West Road. We also have the M1 Road; it is a freeway designed with interchanges that would link the New city to the Old City in the space of 15 to 20 minutes; another is the M10 road which will run from the old city to the Onne Seaport.
The Authority intends to achieve 24-hour electricity supply to the new city, integrated network of water supply, waterborne sewage, public transport, residential neighborhoods, Central Business districts and others. The area is comprehensively planned to avoid future obstructions.
For the residential areas, the government plans to build affordable houses with a population target of about six persons per household, while some areas are reserved for classy houses. These kinds of areas according to the GPHCDA administrator would be given to individuals who would develop themselves.
Educational layouts are also integrated in the Greater Port Harcourt City and a particular area has already been apportioned to PTDF to develop schools.
On the sustainability of the project, Dame Cookey-Gam stated that “besides the laws backing development of the GPH, I think that as we continue in our efforts of planning development, we see that a lot of people begin to appreciate such efforts. But so long as Nigerians decided not to stand up for what is right then we would never move forward. There will never be an Amaechi for about 20 years neither will there be an Amaechi for more than eight years. So I think it is the responsibility of the people to begin to appreciate that you must have a say to how you want things being run.”
Completion of a number of projects in the phase 1A of the GPH is projected at 2014.
It is also pertinent to note that the Greater Port Harcourt City development spans a duration of 50 years with a master plan covering an area of approximately 1900 square kilometers (40,000 hectares of land) with a projected population of about 2 million people.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/10/r...urt-city-devt/