People suggest piling instead of dredging for River Niger: is it good?
Whether piling or dredging, it all depends on what government wants to achieve. People should be made to be aware of such a project. Constant dredging and frequent maintenance is necessary to allow the use of the channel to improve the economy and general welfare of the people. Water transportation, all over the world, is the best and cheapest and with the dredging and constant maintenance of the River Niger, Nigeria will achieve a better way of transporting cargo up north and vice versa. If we do the right thing, there will be no problem. Facilities put in place by the government should be made to work. Has the recent recapitalization in the banking sector affected dredging? Banks do have micro finance programmes to aid dredgers but the point is that loans still attract very high interests. They still have a lot to do in this area to make things easier for local entrepreneurs. We still have arrangements whereby entrepreneurs in dredging obtain loan facilities for which they provide co