The Managing Director, Nigerian
Ports Authority, Hadiza Usman, said the management would ensure that all
outstanding payments and dues meant for the organisation were remitted by
concessionaires and other stakeholders as quickly as possible.
Usman said this on Friday in a
statement issued by the Authority’s Spokesman, Alhaji Abdullahi Goje, after the
Quarterly meeting of the NPA Management and stakeholders in Lagos.
She said that the authority would
provide an enabling environment for efficient port services in view of the
vital role the maritime sub sector played.
According to her, management has
put in place a machinery at ensuring that there is a level-playing field for
operators in the sector.
Usman said that the management
would ensure that rules guiding port operations were strictly adhered to.
She told stakeholders that the
NPA management had set up a committee to liaise with representatives of
terminal operators with a view to reviewing existing concession agreement as
planned.
Usman said that NPA was
determined to actualise the result within the shortest time.
The managing director frowned at
the attitude of shipping companies and terminal operators, who connived to
litter the roads with empty containers under the guise of not having a holding
bay.
She said that sanctions would be
invoked on erring oganisations that refused to obey rules guiding the
directives after a one-week window.
Earlier in her welcome address,
the Port Manager, Lagos Ports Complex, Hajia Aisha Ibrahim, informed
stakeholders that the meeting was a platform for NPA and its stakeholders to
discuss the challenges of operational efficiency.
She said that efforts were in top
gear to continually provide succour through palliatives on the roads leading to
the ports in consonance with the Ease of Doing Business before permanent
solutions were made by relevant agencies
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