NPA Set To Deploy Port Community System – Dantsoho

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), has said it is at the conclusive stage for the deployment of the Port Community System (PCS).

The Managing Director of NPA, Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho, stated this at the 2024 edition of World Maritime Day,  themed ‘Navigating the Future: Safety First‘, held in Lagos.

Dantsoho said Nigeria’s maritime sector plays a big role in achieving the economic prosperity of President Bola Tinubu’s administration.

Dantsoho, represented by the executive director of Engineering & Technical Services, Engr. Ibrahim Umar, explained that NPA was committed to setting the stage for the operationalization of the National Single Window Project of the federal government.

“Realising that automation is the linchpin of port efficiency, the Nigerian Ports is at conclusive stages of the deployment of the Port Community System (PCS), which actually sets the pace for the operationalization of the National Single Window Project of the federal government.

“This is in addition to the comprehensive modernization of Ports infrastructure and equipment to enhance competitiveness. Indeed, making global port operations healthier, safer and more secure whilst actualizing the other noble objectives of the World Ports Sustainability Program rests heavily on our shoulders as policy framers, investors and stakeholders in its broadest ramification,” he said.

The NPA Managing Director noted that the agency would continue to maximize the opportunities inherent in the maritime sector for the benefit of the Nigerian people.

“I have said all of these to establish the irrefutable fact that the maritime sector is not just pivotal to national economic prosperity, but to global economic sustainability.

“I have said all of this to reiterate the unwavering commitment of the Nigerian Ports Authority under the leadership and guidance of the Minister of Marine & Blue Economy, Alhaji Adegboyega Oyetola to the maximization of the opportunities inherent in our maritime endowments for the benefit of the good people of Nigeria and the larger world,” Dantsoho added.