Dantsoho vows to prioritise port infrastructure renewal

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

Dantsoho, speaking during an unscheduled avisit to Tin Can Island Port (TCIP) also vowed to collaborate with port stakeholders to deliver efficient services at the nation’s seaports.

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

Dantsoho stated that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu mandated the NPA to deliver efficient port services, adding that his management team is poised to do that as quickly as possible.

“With the kind of backing we have from the Minister of Marine & Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, 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, assuring that the NPA will deliver on that necessity as soon as possible to better service Nigeria’s domestic cargo needs and landlocked neighbouring nations.

Dantsoho, recently appointed as Managing Director of NPA, assumes the role with over 25 years hands-on operational experience at the authority.