- Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho (right) and Director-General, Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council, Zahrah Audu
By Anthony Nwachukwu
Towards a sustainable improvement and efficiencies in port operations and service delivery, the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) will inaugurate the Ports and Customs Efficiency Committee (PCEC) tomorrow.
The inauguration, billed for the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) headquarters in Lagos, will be chaired by Vice-President Kashim Shettima.
PCEC comprises over 50 heads of government agencies and private sector captains of industries across the entire value chains contributing to Nigeria’s economic growth.
The PCEC is a multi-stakeholder (public/private sector) initiative aimed at infusing greater efficiency and improved service delivery in Nigeria’s ports and customs sector.
Its objective is to identify gaps and implement solutions to enhance the ease of doing business by reducing the inefficiencies that impede trade facilitation and slow the pace of national economic prosperity.
Among the PCEC’s expected quick wins are improved efficiency and reduced cargo dwell time, enhanced transparency and accountability in port operations, better coordination among stakeholders and improved customer-centric focus.
Speaking on the NPA’s readiness to host the game-changing meeting, the Managing Director/Chief executive Officer, Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho, said the agency is “greatly delighted to host this all-important collaborative process-improvement meeting.”
According to him, “it is very much in tandem with our efforts at eliminating bottlenecks and bursting red tapes on the path of trade facilitation.”
