Aso Villa Reads for 29/08/18
Every day, we bring you the best stories the media is reporting about the Government of Nigeria
According to Business Day (August 29, 2018 page 5), “Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa says Warri seaport would be fully functional in the next few months, and called for support for the companies that would be engaged in the dredging of the river.” According to the governor, “the contract for the first phase of the dredging had been awarded”.
“The Apapa Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has declared that a total of 343,471 metric tonnes (MT) of agricultural produce, mineral resources, and other exportable products with Free on Board (FOB) valued at N57billion were exported out of Nigeria through the Apapa Port between January and July 2018”. The Guardian reported that “the Command said it generated about N210billion as revenue within the period under review.” Outgoing Controller of the Command, Jubrin Musa “said the revenue collected represented a 6.9 per cent increase over the N196.7billion generated in the corresponding period of 2017. According to him, the feat was achieved with the aid of the recently launched NICIS 11 platform.”
Daily Trust reports that “the Accident Investigations Bureau (AIB) is now offering air accident services to some African countries, the Minister of State, Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, has said.” According to the Minister, “the government has repositioned the AIB, to offer accident investigation services to other African countries,” adding that the “AIB was in Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and other countries recently, offering services to them because, Nigeria is now a leader since the current administration assumed responsibility. He said that the AIB had in the last two years been equipped and improved the processes of accident investigation through training of personnel and equipping its laboratory”.
“The throughput of cargo in the nation’s seaports has grown by 31. 24 percent to a total of 96,626,737.96 metric tons in the first half of the year- January- June, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has said.” The report highlighted that “this represents 31.24 percent increase from the throughput of same period in 2017, which stood at 73,628,546.62 metric tons.” The Agency “attributed the growth to the reviewed freight rates benchmark for 3 percent levy billing, within the period.” Throughput is the average quantity of cargo that can pass through a port on a daily basis from arrival at the port toloading onto a ship, or from the discharge from a ship to the exit (clearance) from the port complex.Throughput is usually expressed in measurement tons, short tons, or passengers. Business Day (August 29, 2018 page 18) reported this.
