The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mallam Habib Abdullahi has said that at least one officer of the Organisation would be posted to man the office which the Kano State Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture recently provided for NPA.
Speaking in his office yesterday, when he received a delegation from the Kano State Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Managing Director added that a formal proposal should be forwarded to his office concerning the request for NPA to have a permanent pavilion at the Kano State Trade Fair complex.
Mallam Abdullahi has commended the strategic role being played by Kano indigenes in concessioned ports industry as represented by Alhaji Aliko Dangote, the Chairman of Greenview Development Nigerian Limited (GDNL) and Alhaji Samad Rabiu of BUA Industries Limited.
He also assured the delegation that NPA would maintain a continuous participation in the yearly Trade Fair in Kano, as it had done since the inception of the Trade Fair.
Earlier in his address, the President of Kano State Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, Mallam Umar Farouk Rabiu (Dansuleka) had requested that NPA should build a permanent Pavilion at the Kano State Trade Fair ground adding that as a mark for its respect for the continuous presence of NPA at all its past trade fair, the Chamber had provided a permanent office for the Organisation at its secretariat to promote ports business.
Mallam Rabiu also promised to continue to promote NPA and the maritime industry; affirming that he was honoured to be visiting for the second time this year and commended the Managing Director and his Management for doing a good job in the ports.
In the company of the President of Kano State Chamber of Commerce Industry and Mines were Vice President, Uba Mijinyawa and the Treasurer Dr. M. D.Yusuf.
PHOTO CAPTION L-R Managing Director ,Nigerian Ports Authority Habib Abdullahi in a warm handshake with the President of Kano State Chamber of commerce Malam Umar Farouk at the visit of the later to the NPA headquarters Marina Lagos yesterday.
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