He said, “Find lasting solutions to peculiar problems along the port corridor in Apapa and Tincan. Now we have established that there are issues along the corridor that are outside the port heading towards Julius Berger and Oshodi. “And they are also outside the port, coming through Wharf Road to Ikorodu and then Surulere.
So that is one issue. The second issue is the issue of overlap, jurisdictional overlap. In our system, what is established is that there is a police command for the port system, that is the Maritime Police, and then there is also the Lagos State Police Command. So, in some instances, you know, there are clashes, overlaps.
So, we have achieved a great lot of success in our discussions.” “We have already committed ourselves to ensuring that we create a very sweet and more environmentally acceptable standard so that the emphasis will be that we are going to function and then function better in our practices so we can do better than our neighbouring countries,” Dantsoho said.
The NPA boss reiterated the need to take all necessary measures to position Nigeria as the leading port hub in West and Central Africa and beyond. Earlier, the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Maritime, Okunade Ronke, harped on the need to work together to tackle the challenges.
He added that they had identified the issue of overlapping jurisdictions as a key challenge. He said, “Find lasting solutions to peculiar problems along the port corridor in Apapa and Tincan. Now we have established that there are issues along the corridor that are outside the port heading towards Julius Berger and Oshodi.
“And they are also outside the port, coming through Wharf Road to Ikorodu and then Surulere. So that is one issue. The second issue is the issue of overlap, jurisdictional overlap. In our system, what is established is that there is a police command for the port system, that is the Maritime Police, and then there is also the Lagos State Police Command.
“We have already committed ourselves to ensuring that we create a very sweet and more environmentally acceptable standard so that the emphasis will be that we are going to function and then function better in our practices so we can do better than our neighbouring countries,” Dantsoho said.
So, at this juncture, I want to tell you that it has been a very, very useful discussion and you will see better statistics around the port authority,” she said. Anozie is a Chief Correspondent at Punch Newspapers with over 13 years of experience covering entertainment, maritime, and transport sectors.
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