The Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, yesterday stressed the need
for cooperation and integration of ports across the African continent as a
means of development for the actualisation of the dreams of the African Union’s
(AU) new Partnership for African’s Development (NEPAD).
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The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports
Authority (NPA), HadizaBalaUsman (4th from
left), Representative of
the HonourableMinister
of Transportation and Director of Maritime Services,
AlhajiSanniGaladanchi (3rd from left), the Managing
Director, Int’l
Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH),
Patrick Verhoeven (2nd from right), NPA Board
Member,
Alhaji Umar Shuaibu (extreme right), Secretary General,
Port Management
Association of West and Central Africa
(PMAWCA), Michael Luguje (2nd
from left) and NPA
Executive Director, Engineering and Technical Services,
Prof. IdrisAbubakar at PMAWCA Technical Committee
Meetiings (FES & ALA)
Lagos, yesterday.
Managing Director of the NPA, Ms Hadeza Bala Usman, stated this at
the ongoing Port Management Association of West and Central Africa (PMAWCA)
Technical Committee Meetings, TEC in Lagos.
Usman said that the group has also been a channel for the
attainment of regional integration through consensus building on issues of
maritime development.
According to Usman, PMAWCA serves as the platform for the
exchange of information and expertise for synergy in the field of Port
Operations, Administration, Legal Framework, Security and the Safety of
Navigation within the Gulf of Guinea.
“Given the enormous
potentials of the maritime sector on the continent and the significant role
that Nigeria plays in the actualisation of these potentials, the current
management of the Nigerian Ports Authority is committed to supporting PMWCA as
well as in introducing innovations that would redirect the maritime industry in
order to attain international best practices .
“We will continue our aggressive pursuit of excellence through
the automation of operational processes, partnering with the private sector for
channel maintenance and infrastructure development and collaborating with
sister agencies and stakeholders to build a port community system.
“We are also committed to building a motivated human resource,
through training and retraining, recruitment, redeployment, promotion and
building a succession process.
“Through our robust internal automation initiatives, we have
blocked revenue leakages and contributed significantly to government earnings
by our strict adherence to Federal Government’s directives on TSA and Zero
Based Budgeting.
“To ensure transparency and accountability the Organization
became the first MDA to open its budget to the public with the signing of a
Memorandum of Understanding with Budgit Open Budget System Platform and
Implementation of a Public Data Dissemination programme.
“I would particularly like to charge you with the duty of
devising ways to pilot the sub-region to take full advantage of trading opportunities
by encouraging private sector involvement in the provision of port facilities
as well as the pursuit of innovations that will bring our ports to
international standards.”
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