FG Lauds Shippers’ Council over reforms in maritime sector
The Federal Ministry of Transportation has commended the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), for its promotion of the establishment of Vehicle Transit Areas (VTA’s) amongst other initiatives aimed at trade facilitation to boost the nation’s economy and delivering high quality service to shippers.
Speaking yesterday in response to the briefing she received from the Executive Secretary of the Council, Barr. Hassan Bello, the newly-appointed permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Dr. Magdalene Ajani expressed delight about the achievements of the Council and encouraged the management to press ahead with the impressive work they are doing, assuring them of the Ministry’s support.
In a press statement by the Deputy Director, Public Relations, Rakiya Zubair, Bello had earlier explained to the permanent secretary the various ongoing projects and initiatives embarked upon by the council such as the push for 24-hour port operations, efforts to address congestion at the ports, multimodal transportation of goods to and from the ports and digitalization.
The permanent secretary commended heads of maritime agencies on their monthly meeting during which issues within the industry are discussed exhaustively with a view to finding solutions.
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