NPA MD Unveils Port Information Management System 4
In a bid to fulfill Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) goal of disseminating real time and accurate information that will enhance efficient service delivery in the nation’s seaports, the Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority, Mallam Habib Abdullahi has commissioned the Port Information Management System (PIMS) for the Lagos Ports Complex, Apapa, Lagos.
NPA MD Unveils Port Information Management System 4
In a bid to fulfill Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) goal of disseminating real time and accurate information that will enhance efficient service delivery in the nation’s seaports, the Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority, Mallam Habib Abdullahi has commissioned the Port Information Management System (PIMS) for the Lagos Ports Complex, Apapa, Lagos.
Speaking at the ceremony, the Managing Director disclosed that the project is a pilot scheme which begins at the nation’s premier port and will be replicated in all seaports in Nigeria in due course.
Mallam Abdullahi reaffirmed that as information is power, the NPA has decided to embark on the project in order to ensure that the desire of the Authority to be the hub port in West-Africa and indeed Africa could be realised.
He also commended the former Port Manager of Lagos Port Complex, Mr. Joshua Asanga (now General Manager, Procurement) for his initiative and urged other port managers to emulate him.
The NPA boss said that the system would enhance better operations and service delivery at the ports, just as he stated that the system, which is the first in the country, would create strategic awareness about activities of NPA and concessionaires and position NPA as a technology driven organisation.
According to the project consultant, Mr.Federick Agbi, the system will provide real time information on ship arrival on daily basis, display cargo type, type of vessel, expected time of arrival and departure, the agents husbanding the vessels, messages on operations at terminals, transfer of cargoes and containers going to Inland Container Depots[ICDs] and also serve as advertising platform at the port entrance.
Also speaking the Executive Director Marine and Operation, Engineer David Omonibeke said the system will provide NPA and stakeholders first-hand information to enable them act proactively and at the same time saving cost.
One of the stakeholders, and founder, National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders,[ NAGAFF], Dr. Boniface Aniebonam applauded the NPA for the system and described it as an initiative to rebrand Nigeria Ports.
Present at the occasion was the Executive Director, Engineering and Technical Services, Alhaji Mohammed Saleh, General Manager, Western Ports, Ms. Adenike Sonaike, the Port Manager of Apapa Port, Mallam Nasir Mohammed and others.
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