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NPA Restricts Movement Into Lagos Ports
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has said as from tomorrow only people with electronic port pass or means of identification issued by the approved authorities will be allowed into the ports in Lagos.
General Manager, Western Ports, Miss Adenike Sonaike, who said this in Lagos in a statement on Friday, said the measure became necessary to check the influx of people at the ports.
She also said the move was in line with the provisions of the International Ships and Ports Facilities Security Code.
Sonaike said, “We have severally warned people who have no business being at the port to desist from coming to the port premises.
“We are now going a step further by ensuring that such people do not have access to the port and anyone found flouting this new order will be arrested and prosecuted by operatives of security agencies.”
According to her, the port is a security area where only authorised persons are allowed to operate.
“We have responsibility to ensure the safety and security of lives and goods at the ports and we will ensure that we continue to work with relevant stakeholders in this regard,” she said.
She advised hawkers, miscreants and people wandering around the port environment to desist from such acts or risk arrest and humiliation from security operatives.
She, however, promised all genuine port users of their safety and security in the course of their transactions at the place.
“The present management of NPA places a premium on service delivery. The Managing Director of NPA, Mr. Habib Abdulahi, has mandated us to ensure that port users get value for their money and that is what we are focused on. Genuine port users have nothing to fear under this new initiative,” Sonaike stated.