The Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) has paid a courtesy visit to the Chairman of the Apapa Local Government, Hon. Idowu Adejumoke Senbanjo, to explore enhanced collaboration on smooth access to Apapa Ports roads.
Speaking during the courtesy visit, the Chief Executive Officer of NSC, Hon. Emmanuel Jime, said “The NSC, in its mandate, has the responsibility of ensuring efficiency in the delivery of services at the ports.
“What that means in effect is that we have to partner and collaborate with all stakeholders to implement such efficiency, which I believe the Apapa Local Government also shares this vision.
“We have developed various tools to ensure the delivery of such a mandate. One of those tools, in the wisdom of the Federal Government, was the establishment and delivery of a port document called: The Nigerian Port Process Manual, NPPM.
“The NPPM is a harmonisation of all the Standard Operating Processes, SOP, of all stakeholders in the port industry in order to facilitate the conduct of seamless businesses in our ports.
“The Federal Government, in its wisdom, selected the NSC as the lead agency for the implementation of the NPPM.
“Again, the government went further to establish the Ports Standing Task Team, PSTT. Like the NPPM, the PSTT is populated by different agencies of government with the Shippers Council selected as the Lead Agency in its implementation. The PSTT is set up to enable the implementation of the NPPM.
“In the course of implementing the PSTT, we need to partner with all stakeholders in the Port City council, and there is no better partner than the Local Government itself”, Jime stated, affirming that NSC in partnership with Apapa Local government is already involved in debris evacuation, as part of corporate social responsibility of any organisation.
Responding, Hon. Idowu Adejumoke Senbanjo, Chairman, of Apapa Local Government appreciated NSC and PSTT leader for its efforts on the Tin Can Island Port access road and assured, that Apapa local government will continue to collaborate with the NSC and other agencies to ensure easy access to the port
