NPA READY TO HANDLE INCREASE IN IMPORTED VEHICLES – MD

Maritime activities closed on Friday with the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) saying it is ready to absorb the increase in imported vehicles expected from government’s ban on importation of vehicles through land borders. The Managing Director of NPA, Ms Hadiza Usman, gave the indication in Lagos to mark her 100 days in office.

She said that some of the dwindling vehicle traffic experienced were due to government’s policy on importation of cars. The managing director said that the authority had put the necessary infrastructure in place to ensure the additional traffic would not constitute any bottleneck.

“We would up what has been in existence before. We are ready to take the increase in traffic of vehicles and other cargoes,’’ the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) quotes her as saying.