The President of Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Mrs Toki Mabogunje, has bemoaned the inefficiency of Nigerian seaports, says the ports are largely underdeveloped, poorly rated, even in West Africa sub-region.

Mabogunje said this at the LCCI’s maritime sector group inaugural webinar on Wednesday, which aim was to ensure improved port operations for better national economic outcomes.

She noted that over 90 per cent of Nigeria’s imports and exports were conveyed via sea, underscoring the strategic importance of maritime to the domestic and global economy.

The LCCI President said that in spite of the strategic importance of maritime activities to trade facilitation and industrialisation, Nigerian seaports remained largely underdeveloped and poorly ranked among its peers in West Africa sub-region.

According to her, no economy can be competitive in the international trade arena without an efficient and functional maritime sector.

The President said that the formation of the maritime group was borne out of the need to consolidate the

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