Dr Magdalene Ajani, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Transportation (FMOT) on Friday in Lagos inaugurated two newly acquired 80 tonnes Bollard Pull Tugboats of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA).
The Bollard Pull Tugboats acquired by NPA, was to support the optimisation of the Lekki Deep Seaport.
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) is the first in Africa to acquire these 2813 model of Damen’s ASD neoteric 80 Tons Bollard Pull Tugboats.
The 80 tonnes Bollard Pull Tugboats was christened M.T MAIKOKO and M.T DA-OPUKURO.
Speaking at the inauguration, Ajani said that the two newly acquired state-of-the-art marine crafts accentuated the determination of the ministry to boost port operational efficiency.
“My joy derives from the fact that the acquisition of these equipment, amongst many others that are in the works, signposts Nigeria’s seriousness to optimise opportunities inherent in the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)Agreement to which we are signatory.
“Maximising the comparative advantages that our maritime assets as a littoral nation confers rests heavily on how much we are able to deepen our efficiencies through the deployment of relevant technology and equipment.
“I particularly want to commend the NPA management team for delivering on this project in good time to support the optimisation of the Lekki Deep Seaport.
“This is the kind of efficiency that the ministry supports its agencies to entrench in the polity and I am happy that we are making progress,” she said.
