MONDAYBUSINESS

The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman, has said she is not happy with the progress of construction work on the Wharf road, Apapa.

Usman who undertook an emergency tour of the road, yesterday, charged the contractors to deploy enough manpower and equipment to site so that the job can be delivered in due time.

The tour is also in consonance with the sustenance of the implementation of the Federal Government’s Executive order concerning the ease of doing business at the nation’s sea ports.

Addressing newsmen during the tour, the NPA boss observed that the Federal Government was interested in ensuring that the gateway to the nation’s economy, the ports, were effectively and efficiently serviced in order to tap into the financial dividends accruable to the national economy.

According to her, “This would impact most positively in the Nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

She stated that the inspection was part of the NPA’s aggressive continuous monitoring strategy at ensuring that all the components required to meet deadlines are achieved.

Similarly, she noted that efforts are being made by the Federal Government to facilitate express funding of the project which she stressed would create a more enabling environment for doing business at the ports on completion and subsequently attract investment in the subsector.