Safe, Secured Port Environment My Priority – Dantsoho

The managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, (NPA), Dr Abubakar Dantsoho, has said that the provision of a safe, secure and customer friendly environment for port operations was his priority.
Dr Dantsoho disclosed this last Friday in Lagos while announcing the appointment of seven new port managers.

Adebowale Lawal Ibrahim is to serve as port ,anager, Lagos Port Complex while Abubakar Sani Isa is the port manager, Tin Can Island Port. Also appointed are Abdulrahman Hussaini, for Onne Port, Sa’adu Dahiru Mohammed, Delta Ports Warri, Ekine Ibifiri Alex for Calabar Port, while Emmanuel Anda was posted to Lekki Port as port manager. The port manager of Rivers Port, Kenechi Edith Okezie (Rivers Port) has been retained. The new appointments are to take immediate effect.

The former Port Managers, Charles Okaga; Sylvester Egede; Teslim Bamidele Makanjuola; Olumati Ikechi Festus and Aliyu Abubakar have been transferred back to the NPA headquarters immediately.

Dantsoho who was port manager for Onne Port Complex from 2020 to 2021 where he spearheaded innovative investor-friendly initiatives, which were responsible for the year-on-year growth that is being recorded at Onne Port Complex, has also promised that the NPA would to provide the support necessary to fast track the automation of truck traffic for Onne before the end of this quarter.

Dr Dantsoho made the promise when the Executive Team of Callup Technology Services Limited and Forge Concepts Limited, the operators of the electronic solution, paid a pre-implementation visit to the NPA Headquarters in Lagos. The NPA boss who unfolded his plans to implement the Electronic Callup System at the Onne Port Complex at the meeting said the Federal Executive Council had already given the NPA the approval to embark on the project.

His words: “In line with the directive of the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Alhaji Adegboyega Oyetola, we are poised to provide the support necessary to fast track the automation of truck traffic for Onne before the end of this quarter.”

“We would ensure that the operators structure their Information Technology deployments in a manner that seamlessly plugs into the Port Community System (PCS) and the forthcoming National Single Window (NSW) while also emphasising sustainable use of alternative sources of energy”.

The Onne Port Complex is the largest Oil & Gas logistics base in West and Central Africa. It houses the Federal Ocean Terminal (FOT) and Federal Lighter Terminal (FLT), and, has in recent times been recording unprecedented growth in vessel and cargo traffics.

Dantsoho who was Port Manager for Onne Port Complex from 2020 to 2021 where he spearheaded innovative investor-friendly initiatives, which were responsible for the year-on-year growth that is being recorded at Onne Port Complex, has also said that the NPA would to provide the support necessary to fast track the automation of truck traffic for Onne before the end of this quarter.

Dr Dantsoho disclosed this when the Executive Team of Callup Technology Services Limited and Forge Concepts Limited, the operators of the electronic solution, paid a pre-implementation visit to the NPA Headquarters in Lagos. The NPA boss who unfolded his plans to implement the Electronic Callup System at the Onne Port Complex at the meeting said the Federal Executive Council had already given the NPA the approval to embark on the project.

His words: “In line with the directive of the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, we are poised to provide the support necessary to fast track the automation of truck traffic for Onne before the end of this quarter.”

“We would ensure that the operators structure their Information Technology deployments in a manner that seamlessly plugs into the Port Community System (PCS) and the forthcoming National Single Window (NSW) while also emphasising sustainable use of alternative sources of energy”.

The Onne Port Complex is the largest Oil & Gas logistics base in West and Central Africa. It houses the Federal Ocean Terminal (FOT) and Federal Lighter Terminal (FLT), and has in recent times been recording unprecedented growth in vessel and cargo traffic.