Some critical stakeholders who spoke on condition of anonymity expressed delight at the improvement in traffic on the port access road virtually rendered activity at the Lagos ports comatose before Bello-Koko’s reforms.
This is as the NPA also increased remittances to the Consolidated Revenue Account of the federal government from N80 billion to N91 billion in the last one year. Bello-Koko, was appointed acting Managing Director of the NPA on May 6, 2021, and was confirmed substantive on February 21, 2022. “The NPA created new businesses and attendant job opportunities such as the barge operations services which apart from reducing pressure on the roads has grown into a N2 billion annual generation business both from direct investment and accompanying externalities. Licensing of additional truck parks to increase the capacity of truck parks servicing the Lagos Ports, “said an official of the NPA.
THISDAY investigation revealed that the enforcement of the Minimum Safety Standards on trucks accessing the ports by the current management of the NPA has led to 65% reduction in the number of accidents recorded at the port corridor.