NPA issues new guidelines on dredging, pipeline laying, drilling

THE Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, has issued new guidelines for dredging, under water pipeline laying and drilling within the ports’ jurisdiction.

In a document exclusively obtained by Vanguard, processing fee for dredging and drilling permit was jerked up by 200 percent to N300,000 from N100,000 while another 200 percent jerk up was effected on annual renewal fee to N300,000 from N100,000.The permit, according to the document, is valid for only one year.

The new guidelines also stipulated that applications for the permits must be accompanied with a survey plan or bathymetric chart of the proposed location of pipelines route, coordinates, width and length and end points.

Vanguard, October 25, 2017

RipplesNigeria… without borders, without fears

Click here to join the Ripples Nigeria WhatsApp group for latest updates.

Join the conversation

Opinions

Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism

Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.

As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.

If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.

Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.

Donate Now