Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA)
has given a 24-hour ultimatum to officials of National Agency for Food, Drug
Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON),
among others to vacate the seaports or risk being arrested.
The directive is in line with a
new order issued to NPA by the Presidential Enabling Business Environment
Council (PEBEC).
PEBEC had directed NPA to ensure
strict compliance to the October 26, 2011, presidential directive on agencies
permitted to operate in the ports.
General Manager, Corporate and
Strategic Communications of NPA, Abdullahi Goje, in a statement, said the
agencies allowed representation at the ports were: Nigerian Ports Authority
(NPA); Nigerian Customs Service (NCS); Nigerian Maritime Administration and
Safety Agency (NIMASA); Nigeria Police; Department of State Security (DSS);
Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Port Health and the National Drug Law
Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) should remain at the ports.
“The NPA remains committed to the
determination of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to enhance the
ease of doing business in the country and the improvement of conditions under
which business is carried out in all ports across the country.
“The NPA solicits for the kind
support of all agencies and stakeholders in the Nigerian maritime sector
towards actualising the noble goal of making Nigeria a destination of choice
for all legitimate businesses,” Goje said.
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