…As Usman says NPA positioning for greater efficiency
The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman has assured that all pensioners who are qualified for pension increase in line with Federal Government Constitutional provision will enjoy same.
Speaking in her address to the representative of the Concerned Pensioners of the NPA at Marina, Lagos, the Managing Director emphasized that a committee would be set up to work out the details of the payment.
Usman who added that the Authority operated a salary structure different from Federal Government Harmonized Public Service Salary and its associated structures, assured the pensioners of monthly payment of pensions disclosing that a mechanism would be put in place to guarantee adjustments that would be sustainable.
Earlier in his appeal, the spokesman of the Concerned Pensioners of NPA, Mr. Charles Ayo Binitie expressed profound gratitude to the MD for her maturity and tact with which she handled the issue stating that they were grateful for the favourable conclusion of the meeting.
Top Management of the Authority were represented by the Executive Directors, Marine and Operations, Dr. Sokonte Huttin Davies, Finance and Administration, Bello Koko Mohammed and other Senior Officers.
In another development, the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Ms Hadiza Bala Usman has promised to work assiduously towards ensuring that the nation’s Ports Master Plan is put into effective use and to serve as a reference point in all matters that concerns greater operational efficiency in the industry.
She added that 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 who was speaking yesterday when a team from the Oxford Business Group United Kingdom, paid her a courtesy call stated that the maritime world was embracing intermodal dictates and that, “the NPA would ensure we key into that most efficiently”.
Concerning trans-shipment, she stated that the NPA’s synergy with the private sector, geared towards the actualization of Deep Seaports across the nation would help position the country for greater economic relationship.
Usman added that the competitive tariff regime being put in place would “place us on a better platform in the sub-region”.
On the gridlock hampering efficient service delivery at the ports, she said there was already a robust approach amongst stakeholders stressing that results concerning the subject would take no time in reflecting positively on the time hitherto spent on the affected access roads.
Furthermore, she reiterated the facts that the Management of the Nigerian Ports Authority 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.
Amongst the team from the Oxford Business Group were, Regional Manager – Africa Elise Postigo, Country Director Nigeria, Diana Rus and Editorial Manager, Davide Rasconi.
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