The Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide (IYC) on Thursday called on Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) to peacefully resolve its differences with INTELS.
IYC, in a statement by its spokesman, Daniel Dasimaka, said the decision of the Managing Director of the NPA, Hadiza Bala Usman, to terminate the pilotage agency agreement between NPA and INTELS that allowed the oil and gas logistics firm to provide boat monitoring and supervision pilotage services on behalf of NPA for seven years and collect revenue on its behalf would have negative impact on the economy of Onne, Rivers State, the Niger Delta and Nigeria, as it would lead to loss of jobs and income for families.
Dasimaka said, “We are calling on the management of NPA and the entire Federal Government to rethink their decision to give Intels Nigeria Limited, three months to round up and hand over the pilotage services to the NPA. As of today, thanks to Intels, the Onne Port is about the only Port in Nigeria outside Lagos that is viable.
