The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has played a key role in retrieving and clearing essential power equipment owned by the Niger Delta Power Holding Company Limited (NDPHC), which had previously been abandoned and remained unused at several Nigerian seaports.
According to the NDPHC, this intervention is anticipated to expedite the completion of crucial power projects nationwide, while also helping the company avoid potential losses amounting to billions of naira.
The NDPHC Managing Director, Engr. Jennifer Adighije, revealed this information during a recent courtesy visit to the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho, and his management team in Lagos over the weekend.
Adighije expressed her appreciation for the NPA’s timely intervention, highlighting the recovery and clearance of the equipment as vital steps towards enhancing Nigeria’s power infrastructure and ensuring the successful execution of both ongoing and future power projects.
She explained that the equipment was required for the execution of critical projects by the NDPHC, stressing that prolonged delays in recovering and clearing the consignments could have negatively affected project timelines, increased costs and undermined efforts to improve electricity supply.
According to her, the NPA’s intervention had not only facilitated the recovery of the valuable equipment but had also saved the NDPHC billions of naira in potential losses.
The NDPHC boss therefore called for stronger and sustained collaboration between the NDPHC, NPA and other relevant government agencies in the energy and maritime sectors to prevent bureaucratic bottlenecks and other challenges that could affect service delivery and the timely execution of critical infrastructure projects.
She noted that timely clearance of power-sector equipment was particularly important to ensuring that contractors and project teams had unhindered access to the materials required to execute projects within schedule.
Adighije said the courtesy visit was also aimed at strengthening the strategic partnership between the NDPHC and NPA and deepening collaboration in areas of mutual interest.
She expressed appreciation to the NPA Managing Director and his management team for their support, cooperation and commitment to resolving issues affecting the movement of NDPHC equipment through the nation’s ports.
She assured the NPA management that the NDPHC remained committed to further strengthening the relationship between both organisations in the interest of Nigeria’s power sector and national development.
Responding, the NPA Managing Director, Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho, commended the NDPHC management for the visit and reaffirmed the Authority’s commitment to supporting initiatives and partnerships that promote national development.
Dantsoho congratulated the NDPHC on its contributions to the development of Nigeria’s power sector, noting that efficient and reliable electricity supply remained critical to economic growth, industrialisation and improved living standards.
He assured the NDPHC management that the NPA remained open to meaningful engagements and would continue to collaborate with government agencies and other strategic stakeholders whose activities contribute to the growth of the Nigerian economy.
The NPA boss further assured that the Authority would continue to support initiatives that facilitate the smooth movement and clearance of critical equipment, particularly those required for projects capable of strengthening infrastructure and advancing national development.
