The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Usman, has expressed pride and confidence in the special ability of the women folk in an effort to enhance the Maritime industry and improve the nation’s economy through incursion into areas supposedly dominated by men.
Eulogizing the star women at the Tincan Island Container Terminal Ltd (TICT), Usman hailed the quartet of Matilda Adeniran, Tina Onwudinwe, AbiolaAdegoroye and Mary Ajayi, who became the first set of professionals in the whole of Africa to be trained in the Operation of Rubber Tyre Gantry (RTG), a specialized Cargo Handling Equipment.
NPA poured encomium on them for being champions who are able to work effectively in a new environment and assured them that the sky is indeed their limit going forward.
Earlier in his remarks, the Managing Director of TICT, Etienne Rocher revealed that his company has set a record of training the first set of Nigerian ladies, who can successfully operate the RTG in the whole of Africa and that TICT, is proud to be a trail blazer in this area.
Rocher, further stated that the ladies have favorably performed in this field and adding that in the long run, their efforts would help to retain Nigeria as one of the biggest players in the Maritime sector and in the sub region.
