NPA partners barge operators on seamless evacuation of export cargoes

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has held a process improvement meeting with badge operators to ensure seamless evacuation of export bound cargoes from the hinterland to the nation’s seaports.

The deployment of barges for the evacuation of cargo from the ports to the hinterland was an interventionist initiative of the NPA.

The initiative has, however, grown into a huge direct and indirect employment generation as well as business endeavor by using the waterways to reduce pressure and congestion on the road corridor.

Speaking during the meeting led by the president Badge Operators Association of Nigeria (BOAN), Olubunmi Olumekun on Monday, the managing director of NPA, Mohammed Bello-Koko, said the meeting focused on providing support necessary to optimize barge operations value chain.

According to Bello-Koko, the meeting also focused on the infusion of professionalism to sustainably ensure safety of lives and investment at all time.

“We are driven by the relentless commitment to achieving seamless connectivity between the Seaports and the hinterland. This is an enabling initiative for sustaining the growth of exports in the country,” the NPA helmsman stated.

“This meeting was focused on providing support necessary to optimize barge operations value chain including infusion of professionalism to sustainably ensure safety of lives and investment at all time,” he stated.