Mr. Mohammed Bello Koko, Managing Director and Chief Executive Office of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), has been conferred with the award of “Maritime Icon of The Year”.
The award was conferred on him by the management of the Champion Newspaper sequel to approval by the publisher and editorial board of the newspaper.
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It is in recognition of his fast track of the approval processes leading to the operationalization of Nigeria’s first deep seaport.
The award also recognises Bello Koko’s unprecedented revenue generation and remittances to consolidated revenue fund, port infrastructure renewal, milestone steps towards the deployment of the Port Community System (PCS) to lay the groundwork for the National Single Window that is necessary to tackle the challenge of duplicity of functions and attendant delays in the Ports.
In addition, Champion Newspaper management took cognisance of the NPA MD’s efforts leading to facilitation of the renewed export orientation of the Federal Government and efforts towards increased utilization of ports in the eastern region.