Bello Koko Hails IMO Team on Nigeria’s Port Community System

Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority, Mohammed Bello -Koko (middle), leader of the IMO team, Gadi Benmoshe (2nd right), Mr. Nico De Cauwer, Port of Antwerp Bruges (left), Chairman of Customs Committee, International Port Community System Association (IPCSA), Uwe Liebschner (2nd left), Nigeria’s Technical Adviser to the IMO, Engr. Anas Suleiman (right)

The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority NPA, Mohammed Bello Koko has commended the team of consultants from the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) over its commitment towards the realisation of Nigeria’s port community system.

Bello-Koko, who received the IMO team at the NPA corporate headquarters in Lagos last Friday, commended the team's efforts at reaching out to all designated agencies and stakeholders and also understudying their systems in order to ensure a seamless integration into one port community system, which has become the global practice among most maritime nations of the world.

Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority, Mohammed Bello- Koko (sitting 3rd left), Leader of the team, Gadi Ben Moshe (sitting 2nd right), and some officials of the NPA and IMO consultants during the working visit

Meanwhile, leader of the IMO team, Gadi Benmoshe, assured the NPA MD and indeed the entire management that the team would do a good job for the country.

Recall that the team of IMO consultants have been in the country for over 10 days to understudy the automation platforms at various government agencies including the Nigeria Customs Service and the Nigeria Immigration Service with a view to harmonising them under one port community system.

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