NPA AGM, Jegede Wins IAPH Essay Competition

The Assistant General Manager (AGM), Corporate and Strategic Planning, Western Ports, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mr. Femi Jegede, has been named the winner of the Akiyama Award in the Japan-based International Association of Port and Harbour (IAPH).

Jegede who won the International Association of Port and Harbour (IAPH) Organisation 2011 essay contest, has previously won the IAPH Action for Quality Port in the 2004/2005 IAPH special essay competition, 2007 special essay competition, with his essay on Ports Statistical Software Application System . The award winning essay for the 2011 edition was entitled: “Strategies to increase Ports Efficiency and Productivity in Nigerian Ports: The Great Leap”, in which he takes a look at the need for improved efficiency in the ports as a tool for economic survival in Nigeria. A soft copy of the essay is currently posted on the NPA website. Born in 1958 in Oyo State, Nigeria, Jegede obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Economics in 1982 from the then University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University). He has also attended local and foreign courses among which are Finance for non-Finance Managers at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; Managing Strategic Change, by Crown Agents International Management Centre, London and the International Programme on modernising Public Services from RIPA, London, among others. Jegede is to be presented with the award during the Busan conference coming up in Japan from 23 to 24 May, 2011.