The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority, Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho has announce the commencement of coordinate service provision for the smooth implementation of the initiative to sell crude oil and petroleum products to the Dangote Refinery in Naira.
Speaking during an inter-agency stakeholders meeting on the One-stop-shop (OSS) at the NPA headquarters in Lagos, Dantsoho said: “We are poised to collaborate and provide the efficiencies necessary to deliver on this national imperative of ensuring the availability of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) and other petroleum products”.
“We are also setting up a one-stop shop that will coordinate service provision agenciesfrom all regulatory, and security , and other stakeholders to ensure a smooth implementation of this initiative”.
This is in line with the directive of the Federal Government for the One-Stop-Shop to be domiciled in the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA).
The OSS team which is comprised of representatives from NPA, Nigerian Navy, NNPC Limited, Dangote Group, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Nigerian Maritime Administration & Safety Agency (NIMASA), and NDLEA has a top official from the NPA Marine & Operations Directorate Ms. Maureen Ogbonna as its focal person.
