By Chinonye Anyatonwu
Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority, Mohammed Bello -Koko (middle), leader of the IMO team, Gadi Benmoshe (2nd right), Mr. Nico De Cauwer, Port of Antwerp Bruges (left), Chairman of Customs Committee, International Port Community System Association (IPCSA), Uwe Liebschner (2nd left), Nigeria’s Technical Adviser to the IMO, Engr. Anas Suleiman (right) during a working visit of IMO consultants to NPA’s corporate headquarters, Marina, Lagos, Friday.
Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority NPA, Mohammed Bello Koko has commended a team of consultants from the International Maritime Organisation IMO over its commitment towards the realisation of Nigeria’s port community system.
Recall that this team of IMO consultants have been in the country for over 10 days to understudy the automation platforms at various government agencies including the Nigeria Customs Service and the Nigeria Immigration Service with a view to harmonising them under one port community system.
Bello-Koko, who received the IMO team of consultants at the NPA corporate headquarters on Marina, Lagos, Friday, commended their painstaking efforts at reaching out to all designated agencies and stakeholders and understudying their systems in order to ensure a seamless integration into one port community system, which has become the global practice among most maritime nations of the world.
Meanwhile, leader of the IMO team, Gadi Benmoshe, assured the NPA MD and indeed the entire management that the team would do a good job for the country, which experts believe would launch Nigeria’s seaports into a new realm of efficiency, user-friendliness, operational cost reduction and global competitiveness.
