Ports authority to begin transport of cargo via waterways

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has disclosed that it had secured approval for the transportation of cargoes via the country’s waterways in order to decongest the roads.

This development was made known in a statement Wednesday by the NPA Managing Director, Hadiza Usman.

The statement signed by the Principal Manager, Public Affairs, Ibrahim Nasiru, also quoted Hadiza expressing their commitment towards improving the Apapa port’s access roads.

She observed that over the past weeks, stakeholders had expressed concerns over the state of the access roads to the Lagos port, noting that the bad road had over the decades been a real impediment to business.

She said, “This accounts for the NPA’s decision to collaborate with other stakeholders who agreed to a Memorandum of Understanding facilitated by the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing to reconstruct the entire Wharf Road. These stakeholders include the Nigerian Ports Authority, Dangote Group, and Flour Mills Plc.

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“Although the repair of roads is not the statutory responsibility of the Authority, it has committed the sum of N1.8bn to the reconstruction of the Wharf Road and contractors from Messers AG Dangote Construction Company were mobilised to site in July 2017.

“As a result of this, the stretch of road for the outbound lane (Ijora Bridge-Barracks Junction) has been condoned off as work has commenced.”

Hadiza also said that a committee had been set up to coordinate the decongestion of the port road in anticipation of the added congestion that the current reconstruction was bound to cause.

She added that to reduce the challenge from the expected congestion, the NPA had awarded the contract for palliative work on Creek Road to Messers CGC Nigeria Limited.

 

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