As part of efforts to improve efficiency in port operations, the Vice President and Chairman of the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC), Professor Yemi Osinbajo has directed the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) to ensure that only eight federal government agencies are allowed to operate and have physical representation at all port locations in the country.
A statement issued in Lagos yesterday by the General Manager Corporate and Strategic Communications of NPA, Abdullahi Goje gave the names of the government agencies allowed representation at the ports as follows: Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and the Nigeria Police Force.
Others are: National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control(NAFDAC), Department of State Security (DSS), Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) and Port Health.
The statement however advised that agencies not mentioned in the list above should, according to the directive, vacate the ports premises and carry out their regulatory functions from outside the port locations.
It assured that NPA remained committed to the determination of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to enhance ease of doing business and improve conditions under which business was carried out in all ports locations across the country.
“The Authority solicits for the kind support of all agencies and stakeholders in the Nigerian maritime sector towards actualizing the noble goal of making Nigeria the preferred hub for West and Central Africa”, the statement read.
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