Senator Kelvin Chukwu, Senator representing Enugu East; Mrs Wunmi Eniola-Jegede, Group Coordinating Director, SIFAX Group; Senator Sunday Marshall Katung, Chairman House Committee on Privatisation and Mr. John Jenkins, Managing Director, Ports & Cargo handling services during the House Committee’s oversight visit to Ports & Cargo Handling Service Terminal in Lagos.

The Senate Committee on Privatisation, recently visited Ports & Cargo Terminal, a member of the SIFAX Group and one of the terminal operators at the Tin Can Island Ports Complex, Apapa, Lagos in line with its oversight function of monitoring the performances of concessioned port terminals. The committee pledged to do everything within its powers to ensure that all outstanding concession agreements were renewed.

The Committee, led by Senator Sunday Marshall Katung, expressed its readiness to facilitate a faster renewal of Ports & Cargo’s concession agreement, which has been due and pending for about two years

“The purpose of this visit is to understand the issues around port terminal operations by the concessionaires and to proffer solutions to identified challenges for the maritime sector to contribute substantially to the country’s Gross Domestic Product GDP”, Katung also said. 

He further promised that the committee would liaise with all relevant government agencies connected with the concession agreement renewal for quicker resolution. 

The meeting also highlighted broader industry challenges and opportunities, such as implementing single-window cargo clearance systems and developing inland ports to ease congestion in Lagos terminals, among others.