The President,
National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Customs Agents (NCMDLCA), Mr
Lucky Amiwero, yesterday said the federal government should consider giving the
Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) regulatory and operational powers, this
according to him will generate employment for the unemployed.
Speaking
to journalists, Amiwero stated that if NPA is redesigned, it is capable of
generating over two million jobs.
He
advised that the Federal Government should not depend or be too keen about
giving the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) monthly targets to generate funds but
to give targets on job creation, which will in turn naturally generate revenue.
He added
that the NPA has not employed for over six years, contrary to what happens in
other countries like Ghana, affirming that this was caused by the exercise that
was carried out six years ago, when the ports were handed over to foreigners.
He
lamented that the Ghanaian concessioning left them with 25 per cent of ports
operations, while the Nigerian concessioning gave all powers away and has no
single regulatory power over the concessionaires.
He
decried that the trade section of the country has been over taken by the
multinationals, stressing that in other countries, all parts of ship supply
mechanism are not permitted to be handled by foreigners but in Nigeria it is
so.
He noted
that if these issues were not worked out, Nigerian will continue to miss out in
the real benefits of the ports.
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