Harboursandport.com: Lagos - In order to sustain operational efficiency, the Management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has commissioned a state-of-the-art ultra modern e-Documents Management and Records centre at its Corporate Headquarters in Marina Lagos.
The Acting Managing Director of the Authority, Mohammed Bello Koko who unveiled the ultra-modern Records Management and Solution Centre described it as a testament to the Management's relentless efforts aimed at comprehensively improving the Agency’s position at developing seamless customer-based services and operations.
He highlighted the fact that it is the Strategic intent of the Authority
to sustain competitiveness in the sub-region by giving priority to documents
safety through automation and digitalization
Bello Koko stated that in adherence to the Authority’s plan to deploy a
360-degree Document Management solution, management aspires to migrate from
physical archiving to digitalization up to workflow via Electronic Documents
Management Solution (EDMS) with strategies to localise same at Port locations
as functional retention centres.
At the moment the Authority has two other functional retention centres
in Apapa and Port Harcourt to serve the Lagos and eastern ports respectively.
This is in addition to another record centre undergoing automation located
along the Apapa port area.
A statement by the General Manager, Corporate and Strategic
Communications of NPA, Olaseni Alakija, noted that the NPA Acting Managing
Director added that the speed and seamless nature of the EDMS in records
storage and processing has a bearing on the organization’s desire in achieving
customer satisfaction and excellence whilst promoting the Ease of doing
Business.
He said: “In fact, this event is very much in synchronization with our
drive towards attaining compliance status of the International Organisation for
Standardization (ISO).
The ISO framework for records Management, positions organisations like
the NPA to reap the benefits of enhanced records Management.
This he said, includes meeting legal obligations for accurate storage
and retrievals” adding that the documents Management Solutions would institute
a clear regime of improved accountability and transparency in addition to
strengthening our auditing system and training process to a world-class standards.
The Documents solution centre which is of American model, will not only
serve as a source for information storage and retrieval but as a reservoir of
data of enduring values.
Bello Koko further expressed confidence at the realisation
of the Authority’s vision of deploying a single window to access records across
all Port locations.
While the Documents solution Centre is expected to serve as an antidote
to vandalism, theft and arson, the Acting Managing Director In his closing
remarks, enjoined all staff of the Authority to take ownership of the facility,
reminding them to deepen their maintenance culture while also admonishing them
not to let the investment in the project be a wasteful venture.
It is envisaged, that before the end of 2021, the pilot project of the
end-to-end documents management solution would have been achieved.
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