NPA begins exportation through Ikorodu terminal

macfranc007 February 08, 2018 Nigeria News today & Breaking news ▷ Read Nigerian newspapers 24/7 David Oladele

- NPA has commenced the exportation of agricultural products through the Ikorodu Lighter Terminal as part of measures to decongest the Lagos sea ports

- The managing director of the company Hadiza Bala Usman said the exportation will boost foreign exchange earnings

- Usman urged Nigerians to come forward and avail themselves of the emerging opportunities in the agricultural export market

The managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority ( NPA ) Hadiza Bala Usman on Wednesday, February 7, announced that NPA has started the exportation of agricultural products.

Usman said the exportation is through the Ikorodu Lighter Terminal as part of measures to decongest the Lagos sea ports and boost the economy.

She said the movement of export cargoes from Ikorudu terminal to Apapa sea ports would enable Nigerians to maximize the facilities at the moribund terminal.

NPA’s managing director made this known while speaking during the official flag off of using barges to veery over 31 containers laden with agricultural produce.

According to her, President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration is committed to encourage export promotion through the terminal while NPA would ensure adherence to occupational, health and safety as panacea to efficient port services in line with international best practices.

She urged Nigerians to come forward and avail themselves of the emerging opportunities in the agricultural export market to boost for foreign exchange earnings and to strategically position the country on the global business communit.

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Exporters at the forum said they were happy that a major infrastructure at the Ikorodu which has been idle for decades came alive again with productive economic initiative of the current managing director of NPA.

One of the exporters, Ken Adeyanju said, the rejection of Nigerian commodity and produce at the international market would soon be a thing of the past with the current efforts of the federal government through the NPA.

Meanwhile, NAIJ.com had reported that NPA generated N299.5 billion revenue in 2017, general manager, Ccporate and strategic communications, Abdullahi Goje, said in a statement on Tuesday, February 6, in Lagos.

He said that the figure exceeded the N162.2 billion generated in 2016 by 84.65%. Goje added that the 2017 figure was the highest generated revenue by the Authority in the past five years.

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