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| Abbreviation | NPA |
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| Formation | 1954 |
| Purpose | Regulate the ports industry of Nigeria |
| Headquarters | Nigerian Ports Authority, 26/28 Marina, Lagos. |
Official language | English |
Managing Director | Abubakar Dantsoho |
Board Chairman | Adedayo Clement Adeyeye |
| Website | nigerianports |
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) is a federal government agency that governs and operates the ports of Nigeria. The major ports controlled by the NPA include: the Lagos Port Complex and Tin Can Island Port in Lagos; Calabar Port, Delta Port, Rivers Port at Port Harcourt, and Onne Port. Operations of the NPA are carried out in affiliation with the Presidency of (Nigeria) and the Nigerian Shippers' Council.[1] The Head office of the Nigerian Ports Authority is located in Marina, Lagos.[2]
However, with the concessioning programme of the federal government, which is aimed at promoting efficiency through, public and private partnership, the Nigerian Ports, has since 2005, being concessioned.
This landlord arrangement as they call it, has fostered better relationship and high turn-out of goods and services in and around the Nigerian Port system either in the Eastern or the ever-busy Western zone.
- ^ Maritime Organisation of West and Central Africa, Nigeria Archived 2010-05-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Nigerian Ports Authority, Contact us". Archived from the original on 2017-09-08. Retrieved 2009-01-25.