Reps Urges FG To Construct More Ports In Nigeria

The House of Representatives Committee on Ports and Harbours has requested the Federal Government to urgently reconstruct ports in the country.

This was recently disclosed by the Chairman of the committee, Nnolim Nnaji, during a press conference to mark the end of a three-day oversight visit to the agency.

Nnaji said, “We have seen the level of decay at the ports, and we agree with the management of NPA on the need to urgently reconstruct Tincan Island and comprehensively rehabilitate Apapa, Rivers, Warri, Onne and Calabar Port Complexes respectively."

However, he applauded the management of the Nigerian Ports Authority for its sterling performance.

According to him, the management of the NPA had done well in the area of unprecedented revenue generation and remittance to the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the federation and in the area of infrastructure and equipment renewal.

He assured, “Even though we must acknowledge the efforts of the current leadership of Nigerian Customs, we will give legislative support where necessary for the automation of cargo examination through the use of scanners."