A top official of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mr Nasir Mohammed has debunked any claim that Nigerian ports were not conducive for business.
Mohammed, NPA’s Apapa Ports Manager, said in Lagos that “all our ports are safe for importers and their cargoes.
“The issue of what used to be referred as `wharf rat` is now an old story.
“There is no illegal broaching of containers anymore. I know that nobody is complaining that his or her container has been unduly broached at the terminal.“
A top official of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mr Nasir Mohammed has debunked any claim that Nigerian ports were not conducive for business.
Mohammed, NPA’s Apapa Ports Manager, said in Lagos that “all our ports are safe for importers and their cargoes.
“The issue of what used to be referred as `wharf rat` is now an old story.
“There is no illegal broaching of containers anymore. I know that nobody is complaining that his or her container has been unduly broached at the terminal.“
According to Mohammed, security has been beefed up in all ports across the country.
"We have a detachment of port authority police and NPA security men, and the terminal operators have taken various measures to ensure that our ports are secured.
"For one to get access into the terminals you have to be cleared; even NPA staff too need some level of clearance to enter into the terminals.''
Mohammed said that on-going rehabilitation of the Apapa port’s access roads would be completed by May.
“The Wharf Road and the Creek Road have been 100 per cent rehabilitated. Also, the repair of the access road inside the port is about 85 per cent completed.''
The manager added that the parking space being constructed for trucks would help ease traffic along the Apapa/ Oshodi Expressway.
Mohammed said that the NPA would continue to cooperate with other stakeholders to ensure that ports were rid of miscreants, stressing that the issue of crowd control was being looked into critically.
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