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NPA Enforces Minimum Safety Standards At Ports
L-R: Council Member Enugu Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (eccima), Mr Ndukwo Ogbuja, eccima Vice President Public Affairs, Lady Claire Asogwa and representative of Tata Africa, Mr Charles Ofoma, during eccima’s visit to Tata Stand at the ongoing 27th Enugu International Trade Fair in Enugu last Wednesday.
Despite protest by the
various truck associations against the N10,000 vehicle entry permit, levy payment into the nation’s seaports by the management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), the ports management has announced the commencement of the standards at the nations seaports in compliance with the Federal Government’s directive.
Speaking in Lagos shortly after the official flag off of the new rule recently, the Managing Director of NPA, Habib Abdullahi, said that the enforcement of human safety standards is for haulage trucks operating in the nation’s seaport terminals.
Abdullahi said all rickety trucks that have not been inspected and registered by the NPA authorities will no longer be allowed into the ports across the nation, stressing that about 2,000 trucks have met the minimum safety standards that would be granted access to the ports to load and offload consignment.
He said the aim of the new rule was to promote port safety security and also ensure stricter monitoring of trucks and their drivers.
He said that it is part of the core resonsiblities of NPA to ensure that trucks accessing the ports meet acceptable international standards adding that the fact that people are paying N10,000 per annum is to ensure the administrative cost, and that NPA is even subsidizing it if not, the fee would have been more.
The NPA MD said, “for a very long time, we have been experiencing containers falling down and killing innocent citizens; this is of great concern to us and we feel that to go along with international standards, it is our responsibility to ensure that all trucks getting into the port are maintained and secured, as it applies in other countries”.
He urged truck operators to resist and report cases of extortion by appropriate authorities while complying with the directive for minimum safety standards.
Kenya made it a clean sweep at the Berlin Marathon with Sabastian Sawe winning the men’s race and Rosemary Wanjiru triumphing in the women’s.
Sawe finished in two hours, two minutes and 16 seconds to make it three wins in his first three marathons.
The 30-year-old, who was victorious at this year’s London Marathon, set a sizzling pace as he left the field behind and ran much of the race surrounded only by his pacesetters.
Japan’s Akasaki Akira came second after a powerful latter half of the race, finishing almost four minutes behind Sawe, while Ethiopia’s Chimdessa Debele followed in third.
“I did my best and I am happy for this performance,” said Sawe.
“I am so happy for this year. I felt well but you cannot change the weather. Next year will be better.”
Sawe had Kelvin Kiptum’s 2023 world record of 2:00:35 in his sights when he reached halfway in 1:00:12, but faded towards the end.
In the women’s race, Wanjiru sped away from the lead pack after 25 kilometers before finishing in 2:21:05.
Ethiopia’s Dera Dida followed three seconds behind Wanjiru, with Azmera Gebru, also of Ethiopia, coming third in 2:21:29.
Wanjiru’s time was 12 minutes slower than compatriot Ruth Chepng’etich’s world record of 2:09:56, which she set in Chicago in 2024.
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