The proposed competitive tariff regime of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) would place the Agency on a better platform in the sub-region, Managing Director, Hadiza Bala Usman has said.
Addressing a team of Oxford Business Group UK, who paid her a courtesy visit, Usman also promised to ensure full implementation of the nation’s ports master plan.
According to her, the NPA would prioritize the utilization of Railway Networks in the efficient distribution of cargo across the nation Seaports in line with best practices.
The Managing Director explained that the Maritime world is embracing intermodal dictates, adding that “the NPA would ensure we key into that most efficiently”.
Concerning trans-shipment, Usman in a statement issued by Principal Manager, Ibrahim Nasiru, explained that NPA’s synergy with the private sector is geared towards the actualization of Deep Seaports across the nation and “would help position the country for greater economic relationship”.
On the gridlock hampering efficient service delivery at the Ports, she said there is already a “robust approach amongst stakeholders stressing that results concerning this subject would take no time in reflecting positively on the time hitherto spent on the affected access roads.
She informed the visitors that management of NPA would prioritize the rehabilitation of infrastructure at the Ports, “so as to bring to bear optimal operational activities”, which she said would be key in “more revenue generation for the country at this time of need for the economy”.
