The immediate past general manager, public affairs in Nigerian Ports Authourity (NPA), Chief Michael Ajayi has described the agency international journal; The Nigerian Ports Today has a huge success that has opened–up the Nigeria maritime industry to the larger Nigerian society and the international community.
The immediate past general manager, public affairs in Nigerian Ports Authourity (NPA), Chief Michael Ajayi has described the agency international journal; The Nigerian Ports Today has a huge success that has opened–up the Nigeria maritime industry to the larger Nigerian society and the international community.
He told his successor; Capt Ihenacho Ebubeogu at a brief handing over ceremony last Friday at the Marina, Lagos corporate headquarters of NPA that upon his appointment as GM, Public affairs in 2010, he created different strategies to reposition the image of the agency, one of them, according to him is the journal.
“The journal has assumed international status as it is published in both French and English, it is being read in many countries in Africa, Europe, United Kingdom and others”, he stated , even as he disclosed that the magazine is self-funding”.
He said the idea of making the magazine to be self-funding was informed by the desire to prove that it is not only in the private sector that we have good managers,” they are there in the public sector too”, he affirmed.
Eulogising the qualities of his successor; Capt Ebubeogu , he expressed optimism that he has no doubt that the image of NPA can only get better with the Master Mariner in charge.
He also appealed for the cooperation of the media for the new GM, public affairs, whom he described as right for the job.
Responding, Capt Ebubeogu said he received the redeployment which surprise. “The day the disposition came, I was in Abuja attending a meeting, and when I was told that I was now going to public affairs, a few things crossed my mind, the first was, do I have friends in that local government, , incidentally the answer was yes…”, he stated.
He recalled his days as the publicity secretary of the Nigerian Association of Master Mariners and his very close contact with the maritime media. With this two information, I have the confidence that I am going to a familiar terrain”.
Acknowledging that Chief Ajayi had raised the bar, he however promised improve on the standard.
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