Managing Director/ CEO Nigerian Ports Authority NPA Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho (middle) flanked by NPA Officials on Tuesday 23rd July, 2024 when he undertook an unscheduled operational visit to Tin Can and Apapa Port Complexes.

The newly appointed Managing Director/CEO of the Nigerian Ports Authority NPA, Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho, has identified the speedy rehabilitation of dilapidated port infrastructure across the nation as his topmost priority.

Managing Director/ CEO Nigerian Ports Authority NPA Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho (second right) flanked by Port Manager Lagos Ports Complex, Charles Okaga (second left), Chief Port Engineer Lagos Ports Complex Engr. Kayode Aluko and other NPA officials on Tuesday 23rd July, 2024 when Dantsoho undertook an unscheduled operational visit to Tin Can and Apapa Ports Complexes

Speaking during an unscheduled visit to Tin Can Island Ports Complex TCIP Monday, Dantsoho, also pledged to collaborate with port stakeholders in a bid to deliver efficient services at the nation’s seaports.

According to the NPA helmsman, adequate port infrastructure and robust collaboration with stakeholders will enable the nation’s seaports attain improved revenue generation through efficiency and productivity.

While fielding questions from the press during the visit Dantsoho, reiterated that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu mandated the Authority to deliver efficient port services and improved industry outcomes, adding that his management team is poised to do that as quickly as possible.

“With the kind of backing we have from the Honourable Minister of Marine & Blue Economy, His Excellency Adegboyega Oyetola CON, I want to assure stakeholders that the much-talked about reconstruction of Tin Can Ports Complex will move from rhetoric to action”, he remarked.

Dantsoho equally observed that port competitiveness is dependent on sound infrastructure and assured that the NPA will deliver on that necessity as soon as possible to better service Nigeria’s domestic cargo needs and those of landlocked neighbouring nations.

Recall that Abubakar Dantsoho, who was recently appointed as Managing Director of NPA assumes the role with over 25- year hands-on operational experience at the Authority.