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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a request from the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) to gazette Lekki Deep Seaport as a Customs Port and Approved Wharf in line with the requirements of the law.
This according to the NPA is to uphold the promise of
ensuring the operational take-off for berthing of commercial vessels at the
Lekki Deep Seaport before the end of the year 2022.
The Authority had written a letter through the Ministry of
Transportation seeking expedited presidential approval for the Port to be
gazetted as a Customs port.
According to a statement on Friday by the General Manager of
Corporate and Strategic Communications of the NPA, Nasiru Ibrahim, “With this
approval granted by President Buhari, it means all is set for commercial
vessels from across the world to berth and clear cargoes at Nigeria’s first
Deep Sea Port and first fully automated port.”
Recall that Mohammed Bello Koko on Friday, July 1st 2022
whilst receiving the first vessel to berth at the Lekki Deep Seaport said that
the commitment of the NPA to providing every support necessary to place Nigeria
on the global list of countries with Deep Seaports is unflinching.
“This is why matters related to the operationalization of
Lekki Deep Seaport before the end of this year have been placed on top
priority.
“This development shows that Nigeria’s renewed export
orientation and the readiness of the NPA to take trade facilitation a notch
higher is no fluke,” the NPA MD had stated.
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