The Minister of Transport, Sen. Idris Umar, has charged the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) to work hard to meet its Performance Agreement target.
The minister, represented by Mr Nebolisa Emordi, a Permanent Secretary in the ministry, spoke on Saturday in Port Harcourt at the Rivers Port centenary celebration.
“The board and management of NPA is enjoined to work assiduously towards meeting the targets set in the performance agreement.’’
The Minister of Transport, Sen. Idris Umar, has charged the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) to work hard to meet its Performance Agreement target.
The minister, represented by Mr Nebolisa Emordi, a Permanent Secretary in the ministry, spoke on Saturday in Port Harcourt at the Rivers Port centenary celebration.
“The board and management of NPA is enjoined to work assiduously towards meeting the targets set in the performance agreement.’’
He said the challenge was not only on input and output of each ministry but on the direct impact of each project on the citizenry.
The minister said that the key indicator of NPA include repositioning of the ports system in line with global best practices.
He said the repositioning would involve volume of cargo input, average turnaround of vessels, dwell time, 48 hours cargo clearance and 24 hours port operation, among others.
The Managing Director of the NPA, Malam Habib Abdullahi, said that port concession had brought a lot of successes.
He said that cargo traffic had increased while the quality of services at the ports had also improved.
Abdullahi noted that there was reduction in turnaround time for vessels, reduced cargo dwell time, while there was safety and security of persons, ships and the cargo in the ports.
He, however, said that the non-passage of the proposed Nigerian Ports and Harbors Authority Bill had affected NPA’s ability to ensure technical and economic regulation at the ports.
The General Manager, Eastern Ports, Mr Sonny Nwobi, said that ship traffic had increased after the port's concession.
“Pre-concession cargo stood at 34,758,256 metric tonnes as against 41,996768 metric tonnes in post concession period,'' he stated.
The Rivers Port Manager, Mrs Carolyn Ufere, complained that the road to the port was in deplorable state.
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