The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has appointed new general managers to support the administration of Abubakar Dantsoho, the authority’s managing director (MD).
In a statement on Friday, NPA said Ikechukwu Onyemekara was named the general manager, corporate and strategic communications division.
“The appointments which take immediate effect reorganized some Divisions to align with the direction of the Federal Ministry of Marine & Blue Economy retained Dr (Mrs) Chinwe Nwokolo, Pharmacist Hadiza Sani and Mr. Babatunde Gbotolorun as General Managers Medical, Abuja Liasion and ICT Divisions respectively,” NPA said.
Other appointees named to head various divisions include Jerome Angyunwe, Richard Unde, Mukhtar Isa, Anthony Edosomswan, Dapo Adekunle, Victor Gofwan, Rabiu Dambatta, Priscilla Maduka, Sarah Ballah, Zainab Dantiye, Anas Suleiman, and Adeayo Oni.
Also appointed are Abdulkadir Gusau, RAB Salau, Nurrudeen Abdulkadir, Seyi Iyawe, Ethel Uduehi, Nansel Zhimwan, Ahmad Wanka, Fatai Oladapo, Ibrahim Lukman, Abdul Isah, and Charles Okaga.
NPA said the appointments were made towards repositioning “Nigeria’s foremost trade facilitation platform for greater efficiency and renewed contribution to the national economy”.
Speaking after the appointments, Dantsoho said the changes represent NPA’s deliberate strategy to deploy the wealth of experience of the appointees to national advantage.
Dantsoho was appointed on July 12.
The Cable