The Nigerian Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola CON, has stated that the rehabilitation and modernisation of the nation’s ports would start quickly.
READ ALSO: Customs Service Partners with Ports Authority to Enhance Trade Facilitation He made this identified on Wednesday shortly after concluding his interplay with the varied heads of companies and departments beneath his ministry.
The minister, who was inaugurated final Monday, started receiving briefings from the heads of companies and departments beneath his ministry nearly instantly.
So far, he has interacted with all of the departmental heads and adopted up with the heads of companies, starting with the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), National Inland WaterWays Authority (NIWA) and Nigeria Shippers’ Council.
He rounded off the briefings on Wednesday with the Maritime Academy of Nigeria, Oron and the Council for Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN).
Mr Oyetola promised to look into some of the problems impeding their clean operations with related companies of the federal government, simply as he reiterated the necessity for efficient collaboration amongst companies throughout the Marine and Blue Economy Ministry in order to realise the imaginative and prescient of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration for the sector.
He additionally famous that dredging of the nation’s ports may even proceed in order to make them stay navigable, improve their operations, and guarantee improved income technology for the Federal Government.
“The briefings have been educative and enlightening. It gave me the opportunity to listen to the challenges of the departments and agencies under our Ministry, and I have resolved, working with my team to ensure we hit the ground running immediately. We remain committed to the realisation of the Renewed Hope Agenda of Mr. President,” the minster added.
