Hyacinth Chinweuba.
The Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, has raised a Committee to investigate the cause of the recent fire incident at the Tin Can Island Port, Lagos.
Managing Director of the Authority, Hadiza Usman while constituting the Committee sympathized with the Executive Committee of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) over the recent fire incidents which occurred resulting in the loss of some official documents at its Tincan Island Port Complex (TCIP) locations.
Usman in a statement issued by the General Manager, Corporate & Strategic Communications, Abdullahi Goje, assured that the management will always make sure that the security of lives and property which remains one of its cardinal thrusts.
According to her, further steps would be taken to look into ways of safeguarding and taking drastic measures towards preventing a recurrence of such unfortunate incidents across all port locations in the country.
She made these statements when she paid a scheduled working visit with some members of management team to the recent fire scenes.
She told the gathering that an investigative team would be set up immediately by management to look into the remote causes of the incidents and come up with recommendations towards preventing a recurrence of the sad event.
Executive Committee members of ANLCA led by Dr. Kayode Farinto while thanking the MD and her team on the visit solicited for the inclusion of a member of the Association’s Committee to be part of the investigative team by NPA.
The Committee eulogized the quick response and professionalism of the NPA Fire Service Division towards combating the inferno which could have been more devastating, and requested that NPA Management provides a fire truck to take care of its vicinity.
Usman was accompanied by the General Managers Corporate and Strategic Communications, Abdullahi Goje, Lands & Assets Administration, Adams Jatto, the Managing Director Seaview properties Engr. Musa Wada as well as the General Manager in the MD’s office, Capt. Iheanacho Ebubeogu.