Port access roads need urgent attention – ENL boss, Haastrup

of service of dockworkers biennially. The MWUN, as our partners in progress, knows that to be able to pay living wages to workers as we have done over the past 17 years, our books will need to be in the black. The review of port charges will also increase government revenue through the various payments that we make to the Nigerian Ports Authority. So, we support the call by the union and I believe that since we have a listening government, action will be taken along that line soon.

The quay aprons at the ports are aged and need total rehabilitation. Don’t forget that the quay aprons at Apapa Port and Rivers Port, Port Harcourt were built more than 100 years ago while Tin-Can Island Port was built about 48 years ago. The roads leading to the ports in Lagos and Onne are also dilapidated. The aged quay aprons and dilapidated port roads inevitably affect port operations.

That is not true. The concession fee is the terminal operator’s license to operate at the port. A newspaper published that false report, but we have since refuted it. We will always support NPA and the Federal Government if we are approached and the necessary agreements are in place that will enable us to recoup the investment.Port operation is no tea party. Managing port terminals requires significant investment, strong commitment, and experience. Before the 2006 port reform and port concession, Nigerian ports were in a very bad state due to the high rate of inefficiency that characterised cargo-handling operations.

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