Abubakar Dantsoho (3rd from left in white) receiving his statuette at the awards
President Bola Tinubu has honoured Abubakar Dantsoho, the managing director (MD) of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), with an award of excellence for his contributions to maritime reform.
Dantsoho received the ‘Excellence in Maritime Infrastructure Modernisation & Global Competitiveness’ award on Sunday, at the Nigeria Excellence Awards in Public Service (NEAPS) held at the presidential villa, Abuja.
NEAPS is a presidential initiative coordinated by the office of the secretary to the government of the federation, and recognises outstanding public servants who have demonstrated professionalism, innovation, and impact in office.
In a statement, NPA said Dantsoho’s recognition reflects his performance in boosting ports’ efficiency.
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“Abubakar Dantsoho is being recognized amongst other sterling performance scorecard for deepening of efficiencies that catalyzed the attainment of national trade surplus through unprecedented growth in exports, set the pace for the national single window (NSW) through the port community system (PCS), being at the forefront of galvanising the global investors’ interest in the modernization of Nigerian Ports infrastructure and equipment,” the citation reads.
“As well as growing influence of Nigeria in the comity of Maritime nations evidenced by Nigeria’s presidency of the Port Management Association of West Africa (PMAWCA), and Vice- Presidency of the International Association for Ports & Harbours (IAPH).”
NPA said under Dantsoho, and with the support of Adegboyega Oyetola, minister of marine and blue economy, Nigeria secured re-election into category C of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO).
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