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THE Federal Government has warned that it would not tolerate tendencies that seek to promote oil and gas monopoly in operations of Nigeria seaport system.

Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council, NSC, Barr.

Hassan Bello dropped this hint during the second Transport Leadership Lecture organized by Kings Communications, publishers of MMS Plus Newspaper, held at the Golden Gate Restaurant, Ikoyi, Lagos.

Bello explained that the Council will not, under any guise, support such monopoly as it was not known to the ports concession agreement. He stated:

What we did was equilibrium, we need fair playing field for everybody and that was why the Shippers’ Council was the first to oppose the so-called oil and gas monopoly in some ports.

We said that oil and gas cargo is not known to concession agreement and that was why we called for an opening of this concession agreement.

I am aware that concession agreement is being renegotiated but it can never be a close thing. The concession agreement is for Nigerians, we have to participate in that, otherwise, it will still be the one-sided thing we have seen.

He enjoined operators in the maritime industry to abhor sentiment in their assessment of government performances and to eschew divisive and selfish interests as a way of deepening capacity and achieving ports trade competitiveness at the regional, continental and global space.

Though Bello faulted private operators’ claims that government and its agencies at the port and transport sector generally have failed across the board, he, however, conceded that not all government policy actions have had positive effects on the industry.



Source; https://maniagist.com/2019/08/07/no-nigeria-seaport-designed-for-oil-and-gas-monopoly-shippers-council-boss/

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Nemesis909:
Good.

Warri and Akwa Ibom can benefit from this.

Give everything to Lagos port