The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority, Hadiza Bala Usman was in Apapa, Lagos on Wednesday for a meeting with government agencies operating in the ports and other stakeholders on the implementation of the Presidential Executive Order on 'Ease of Doing Business'.

The Managing Director read out the Executive Order as follows:

THE EXECUTIVE ORDER ON PORT OPERATIONS.

➢ There shall be no touting whatsoever by official or unofficial persons at any port in Nigeria. On duty staff shall be properly identified by Uniforms and official cards. Off duty staff shall stay away from the Ports except with the express approval of the agency head. The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Security shall enforce this order with immediate effect.

➢ Any official caught soliciting or receiving bribes from Port Users shall be subject to immediate removal from the port and disciplinary as well as criminal proceedings in line with extant laws and regulations. This shall be applied with immediate effect.

➢ All agencies currently physically present in Nigerian Ports shall within 60 (Sixty) days harmonise their operations into one single interface station domiciled in one location in the port and implemented by a single joint task force at all times, without prejudice to necessary backend procedures.

➢ The new single interface station at each Port shall capture, track and record information on all goods arriving and departing from Nigeria and remit captured information to the head of the MDA and the head of the National Bureau of Statistics on a weekly basis.

➢ Each Port in Nigeria shall assign an existing export terminal to be dedicated to the exportation of agricultural produce within 30 days of the issuance of this Order.

➢ The Apapa Port shall resume 24-hours operations within 30 days of the issuance of this Order.
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Northerners​ running our ports! What exactly are southerners running in the North?