The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority, Omar Suleiman has advised the Nigeria Customs Service to review the processes of its policy of 100 per cent physical examination of cargoes at the nation’s seaports.
The Managing Director made this advise recently in his office while receiving the European Union Ambassador to Nigeria, Ambassador David Macrae who paid him a courtesy visit.
He urged the Nigeria Customs Service to acquire hi-tech equipment that are capable of examining cargoes in a way that will fast- track delivery of consignments to consignees.
He also urged the Service to improve on its information- tracking system whereby containerized cargoes can be known without subjecting them to 100 per cent physical examination.
The Managing Director told his guest of on-going efforts at developing a deep seaport at Ibaka, Akwa Ibom State and that the State Governor Chief Godswill Akpabio has put in place plans to link Ibaka with rail tracks so that cargoes brought through the port could be moved to different locations in the country.
He pointed out that the Ibaka project is a product of collaborative efforts of the Akwa-Ibom State Government and the Management of NPA and that the state government has put necessary infrastructure in place to facilitate the take- off of the port.
Earlier, in his speech, Ambassador Macrae commended the Managing Director for improving the infrastructure in Tin Can and Apapa Ports and pledged European Union’s support to promote maritime business in Nigeria.
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