Nwabunike, in an open letter, addressed to President Muhammadu Buhari, lamented that narrow-minded interests and corruption, which is allowed to reign in the country’s maritime environment for long, would serve as obstacles to actualising the mandate of the NPPM, which seeks to ensure port efficiency and effectiveness.
Meanwhile, the Federal Government has begun the implementation of the NPPM, which was launched by Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, late last year to improve Nigeria’s ranking on the Corruption Perception Index (CPI), while sanitising the port system. The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has been appointed as the implementation lead agency.
At such a time of dwindling oil fortunes and resultant effect on the economy, the nation’s maritime industry is considered as key in filling some gaps. This is even moreso with the sector being adjudged as next to oil in contribution to the economy. In the past few years, the sector has been generating at .