FG May Reorganise NPA Management

There are strong indications
that the Federal Government has started to consider tinkering with the management of Nigerian Ports Authority with intent to harmonise and synergise some departments of the agency.
This move is coinciding with the fact that the management cadre will soon be depleted due to expected retirement of at least eight general managers.
Our reporter gathered that some departments of the agency may also be merged to pave way for a smaller management as part of what our sources referred to as transformation process.
Though details of the restructuring could not be ascertained, it was however confirmed as well that the shakeup may also affect the executive management, including the managing director.
A source at the Federal Ministry of Transport hinted our reporter last week that the ministry was under pressure over the push to engage surrogates of politicians as general managers to fill the expected vacancies.
“It’s being considered, but there is no agreement yet, everyone is aware of this even in NPA, they are aware”, he said.
He also confirmed that once the GMs leave, it is expected that some AGMs would move up, and noted that there was strong external pressure to engage some persons from outside to fill the vacancies.