The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Barr Ukeyima Akutah has reiterated Federal Government Commitment to maketah Nigeria hub for investors.
According to Akutah, priority has also been given to rail connectivity as part of measures to reduce the cost of haulage transportation.
Speaking during a two day working visit to Port Harcourt and Onne ports, he restated Federal Government’s commitment towards prioritizing the non-oil sector diversification.
He explained that the agency is working to actualize the Federal Government’s marching order to diversify the nation’s economy from oil to non-oil sector.
The NSC delegation also used the opportunity to inspect Bua Port Terminal at Rivers Port, Onne Multipurpose Terminal and West Africa Container Terminal (WACT) , in Rivers State, respectively.
Briefing Journalists, the Executive Secretary explained that the essence of the visit was to have an on-the spot assessment of the facilities of the terminal operators.
According to him, NSC as Port Economic Regulator is working with the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on port automation, among others.
Barr. Akutah explained that the Federal Government is committed to creating an enabling environment for investors in line with Mr. President’s vision on Ease of Doing Business.
Barr. Akutah also used the opportunity to participate in an interactive session with major stakeholders operating at the Eastern Ports.
He said the essence of the interaction session with stakeholders is to listen to the challenges that are facing their business in- order to proffer solutions to them.
He harped on the benefit of stakeholders’ engagement and promised to ensure the continuity of its collaboration with stakeholders operating at the ports.
Barr. Akutah said the Federal Government is committed to creating an enabling environment for businesses to strive by addressing decayed infrastructure at the ports.
