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The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and Dangote Industries Limited (DIL) have promised to develop the nation’s Marine and Blue Economy sector, with plans to ensure expansion of Nigeria’s export operations.
Speaking during a courtesy call to NPA headquarters in Lagos yesterday, President of the Dangote Industries Limited (DIL), Aliko Dangote explained that as the biggest customer to the NPA, it is important that the interaction between NPA and DIL is sustained.
Dangote said: “We are here to thank the NPA for doing a great job, because as we speak today, we are the biggest or largest customer to NPA.
“I think this kind of interaction between us and them is very, very important for the growth of the industry. So, we discussed quite a lot of issues. We also discussed issues of how to deepen the Marine and Blue Economy of the nation. And we have agreed to actually work together for the benefit of Nigeria.”
The size of our own operation at Lekki alone, he said, is going to be almost 240 ships of crude, with each ship carrying one million crude each. And then we’ll have products which now will amount to over 600 ships in a year.
“Our operations will sink if NPA doesn’t give us the services we will be needing for our operations. So, the NPA will be needing a lot of support from the Federal Government because they won’t be able to do these things with their own physical hands. They need equipment. They need more Tug Boats.
“We will also be putting in some few words in necessary quarters to make sure that NPA gets all the necessary assistance from the Federal Government,” he said.
In his own remarks, the NPA Managing Director of NPA, Dr Abubakar Dantsoho explained that Dangote has come to the Authority to show appreciation for the dividends of the Naira for crude sale policy of the Federal Government.
He said: “Alhaji AlikoDangote is here to show appreciation, especially regarding the establishment of the One Stop Shop policy on Naira for Crude deal, which is being coordinated by the Nigerian Port Authority.
“He’s here to appreciate that the initiative has contributed immensely to achieving a lot of efficiency in the area of the transactions and operations between Nigerian government agencies.
Source: thenationonlineng.net
