NPA appoints three port managers, redeploys others

The Acting Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Muhammed Bello-Koko, has approved the appointment of three new port managers.

In a statement signed by the General Manager, Corporate and Strategic Communications, NPA, Olaseni Alakija in Lagos on Friday, Bello- Koko said the appointments were made in a bid to rejig port operational efficiency and in the quest to become the maritime hub in Africa, South of the Sahara.

The new appointees are Yitnoe Stanley Magaji, Technical Assistant Marine and Operations to Managing Director as Port Manager Onne while Buba Jibril formerly Traffic Manager, Lagos Port Complex (LPC) moves to Tin Can Island Port as Port Manager and Ovbude Nelson Uwaifo Traffic Manager, Dangote Jetty, now Port Manager Calabar

The erstwhile Port Manager Tin Can Island Port Engr. Yunusa Ibrahim Anji moves to corporate headquarters as Assistant General Manager Port Engineering while Dantsoho M. Abubakar former Port Manager, Onne now becomes Technical Assistant to Managing Director, Special Duties.

Other appointments he said include Okaga Charles Bamidele Principal Manager, Traffic who becomes Technical Assistant Marine and Operations to the Managing Director.

Leoso Akintunde Oladipo, Principal Manager Trafffic LPC assumes duty as Traffic Manager Lagos Port Complex while Aliyu Abubakar. Principal Manager Traffic Kirikiri Lighter Terminal takes over as Traffic Manager, Dangote Jetty, Lekki.

The statement said the appointments take immediate effect.