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Extortions Along Port Access Road, Injurious To Trade Facilitation – NPA
Management of the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) says the continuous extortion of money from motorists along the Port access roads are injurious to trade facilitation
The Authority described the act as illegal and capable of affecting trade facilitation in the Ports.
Managing Director, NPA, Mohammed Bello Koko, raised this alarm during an interview with newsmen in Lagos.
Bello KoKo listed Lagos and Tin Can Island Port as Areas the illegal act is mostly indulged in.
“These acts of extortion and allied illegalities are injurious to trade facilitation, which is our core function, and we cannot allow these nefarious characters make nonsense of the gateways to the national economy which the ports constitute.
“We had in the past visited punitive measures on our staff who were complicit in such unethical practices, and I want to reiterate that once we are confronted with evidence of any of our staff involved in these acts of sabotage, we would sanction them in line with the public service rules and our conditions of service which has zero tolerance for such malfeasances”, he declared.
The Managing Director also solicited for support from the Nigerian Police and other security agencies in tackling the menace.
”The jurisdictional rule that restricts the powers of the Port Authority Police Command (PAPC) to the Port premises, is the more reason why we are calling for increased synergy between PAPC and officers of the Lagos State Police Command”, he stated.
Koko had earlier met with the leadership at various levels of the Nigerian Army, the Navy, the Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC) and the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), stressing on the pressing need to collectively nipping the menace of extortion in the bud.
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