The managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho, has solicited renewed support and technical synergy of the global shipping community as Nigeria finalises moves to implement the National Single Window (NSW) project.
The 2024 IAPH World Ports Conference titled, ‘Managing Risk, Building Resilience and Unlocking Opportunities at Ports,’ commenced on 8th October in Hamburg, Germany, brought together leaders in the global port community to share ideas necessary to face the realities of an epoch of unprecedented upheaval and opportunity.
Speaking as a participant at the ongoing World Ports Conference 2024, Dantsoho said the renewed vigour with which Nigeria is accelerating the implementation of the National Single Window project will deepen port efficiencies.
According to Dantsoho, the National Single Window will eliminate human interface that hitherto undermine in-country trade facilitation efforts.
“The renewed vigour with which Nigeria is accelerating the implementation of National Single Window project which will in fundamental terms deepen port efficiencies by eliminating human interface that hitherto undermine in-country trade facilitation efforts, requires intensified international technical support to meet and indeed exceed global expectations.”
“The tremendous policy support provided by the Minister for Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, propelled NPA’s finalisation of the crucial phase of the Port Community System (PCS) which is the precursor to NSW.
Responding to the call by the president of the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH), Jens Meier’s call for Ports to actively collaborate on knowledge sharing with the maritime community to accelerate decarbonisation, Dantsoho said, “the NPA is fully aligned and we were deliberate at ensuring that our ongoing Port Modernisation programme is guided by the imperatives of eco-friendliness.”
