Stakeholders want FG to adopt PPP for port infrastructure development

Industry groups and consultants are making a push for the federal Government to adopt the public-private partnership (PPP) model for the development of port infrastructure. But “for the [Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA)] workers, testy times are not yet over as the Nigerian Ports and Harbours Authority (NPHA) Bill, currently before the National Assembly, meant to repeal the Nigerian Ports Authority Act, Cap 126 LFN 2004, has raised the level of anxiety among port workers several notches higher. Consequently, Maritime workers have raised the alarm, alleging that the bill as presently drafted, does not protect their interests, in other words, it is silent on employees’ fate on transition from NPA to the new entity.”