Harboursandport.com: Lagos--The
Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), has assured stakeholders that it will
provide the enabling environment for investors to do business within
ports across the nation in order to tap the huge economic potentials
available in the sector for the growth of the nation’s economy.
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| Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman (left) played host to the Managing Director of Shell, Mr. Osagie Okunbor at the NPA Corporate Headquarters at Marina, Lagos yesterday as part of efforts to improve operational efficiency. |
Giving
the assurance in Lagos, Managing Director of NPA, Hadiza Bala Usman,
noted that renewed efforts are being encouraged by way of
partnership, collaboration and improved synergy amongst key players
in the industry towards ensuring that its goals are met in the
nearest possible time.
Hadiza,
who was represented by the General Manager (Land and Asset
Administration) Engineer Adams Jatto made these remarks whilst on a
working visit with the visiting Presidential team, the Infrastructure
Concession Regulatory Commission [ICRC] led by its Acting Director
General Chidi Izuwah to the Lagos Free Zone [LFTZ] located in the
heart of Lekki, Lagos .
A
statement signed by General
Manager, Corporate and Strategic Communications of the NPA, Abdullahi
Goje, noted that the acting Director
General informed the gathering that the Presidential team was in
Lekki Deep Sea Port to have a firsthand information and assessment of
the state of infrastructural development that has taken place in the
project since the Committee’s last visit with a view to providing
all necessary technical support for its swift take off.
According
to him, the Lekki Port project when completed would facilitate
amongst others a platform for the creation of 170,000 jobs for
Nigerians, generate an increased revenue base for government and most
importantly strengthen the Federal Government’s drive for the Ease
of Doing Business in Nigeria as well as
creating an enabling environment for the reception of bigger vessels.
The
General Manager Projects, Lekki Deep Sea Port, Mr Steven Heukelom,
while conducting the guests on a tour of the facilities within the
Ports stated that when completed in 2020, the project would boast a
16.5 meter depth base, thereby facilitating trans-shipment within the
sub-Sahara Africa.
On
the facility appreciation tour was the assistant General Manager
(PPP) NPA Yakubu Nana and the legal counsel/relationship Director
Lekki Deep Sea Port, Adesuwa Ladoja.
It
would be recalled that Management of the NPA is prioritizing the
execution of a 25-year Port Masterplan for the sub-sector in order
for activities to thrive along the lines of best practices.
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