EU Ambassador Visits NPA

The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Omar Suleiman has advised the Nigeria Customs Service to review the processes of its policy of hundred per cent (100%) physical examination of cargoes at the nation’s seaports.

The Managing Director stated this in his office while receiving the European Union Ambassador to Nigeria, Ambassador David Macrae who paid him a courtesy visit.

He urged the Nigeria Customs Service to acquire hitech equipment that will examine cargoes in a way that will fast-track delivery of cargo to consignees.

He also urged the Customs Service to improve on its information tracking system whereby containerized cargoes can be known without subjecting them to 100 per cent physical examination.

The Managing Director told his guest of his efforts at developing a Deep Seaport at Ibaka, Akwa Ibom State, and that the State Governor Chief Godswill Akpabio has put in place plans to link Ibaka with rail tracks so that cargoes brought through the Port could be moved to different locations in the country.

He pointed out that the Ibaka project is a product of collaborative efforts of the Akwa-Ibom State Government and the Management of NPA and that the state government has put necessary infrastructure in place to fast-track the take off of the Port.

—Esther Komolafe