The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho, has identified the speedy rehabilitation of dilapidated port infrastructure across the nation as his topmost priority.
Dantsoho, who was speaking on Tuesday during an unscheduled visit to Tin Can Island Port (TCIP), also pledged to collaborate with port stakeholders in a bid to deliver efficient services at the nation’s seaports.
He expressed determination for adequate port infrastructure and robust collaboration with stakeholders, as important factors to enable the nation’s seaports to attain improved revenue generation through efficiency and productivity.
Dantsoho reiterated that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu mandated the authority to deliver efficient port services and improve industry outcomes, adding that his management team is poised to do that as quickly as possible.
“With the kind of backing we have from the Honourable Minister of Marine & Blue Economy, His Excellency Adegboyega Oyetola, I want to assure stakeholders that the much-talked-about reconstruction of the Tin Can Ports Complex will move from rhetoric to action,” he said.
Dantsoho equally observed that port competitiveness is dependent on sound infrastructure and assured that the NPA would deliver on that necessity as soon as possible to better service Nigeria’s domestic cargo needs and those of landlocked neighbouring nations.
Dr. Dantsoho, who was recently appointed as Managing Director of NPA, assumes the role with over 25 years of hands-on operational experience at the Authority.