RIVERPORT TERMINAL, MAKURDI (AN ARCHITECTURAL RESPONSE TO WATERFRONT CONDITIONS)

📄 Project Abstract

Water transport in the world has increased considerably in recent years, particularly Rivcrport terminals, from small ports to increasingly complex ones. Problem ranging from strict environmental constraints to escalating labour and construction cost beset today's rivcrport terminal facilities. Nigeria is endowed with rivers Niger, Benue, Katsina-.ala, Donga, Taraba, Gongola, Zamfara, Sokoto, Rima, Kaduna, Cross Rivers and Creeks. In the Delta, they are almost the only means of communication. Light freight ships barges and boats arc mainly used on these rivers and creeks. These rivers however have potentials for improvement. The Federal government in recent years has made efforts to improve the two major rivers in Nigeria for commercial river transport in the hinterland thereby instigating the dredging and development of rivcrport terminals on these two rivers being river Bcnuc and river Niger. Makurdi port is one of the major rivcrport terminals along the river Bcnuc selected by the F...