THE newly appointed Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho, has identified the speedy rehabilitation of dilapidated port infrastructure across the nation as his topmost priority.

Dantsoho, who was speaking during an unscheduled visit to Tin Can Island Port (TCIP) on Monday, also vowed to collaborate with port stakeholders in a bid to deliver efficient services at the nation’s seaports.

According to the NPA helmsman, adequate port infrastructure and robust collaboration with stakeholders will enable the nation’s seaports attain improved revenue generation through efficiency and productivity.

Speaking during the visit, Dantsoho reiterated that President Bola Tinubu’s mandate to NPA to deliver efficient port services and improved industry outcomes, adding that his management team is poised to do that as quickly as possible.

“With the kind of backing we have from the Minister of Marine & Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, I want to assure stakeholders that the much-talked about  reconstruction of Tin Can Ports Complex will move from rhetoric to action,” he said.

Dantsoho equally observed that port competitiveness is dependent on sound infrastructure and assured that NPA will deliver on that necessity as soon as possible to better service Nigeria’s domestic cargo needs and those of landlocked neighbouring nations.