{"id":19887,"date":"2011-12-22T23:03:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-22T23:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/fed-govt-committed-to-port-reforms\/"},"modified":"2011-12-22T23:03:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-22T23:03:00","slug":"fed-govt-committed-to-port-reforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/22\/fed-govt-committed-to-port-reforms\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Fed Govt  committed to port reforms\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p><span>The Federal Government yesterday reiterated its commitment to reforming the nation sea ports by making them attractive for business through removal all impediments to cargo clearance. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Finance Minister, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala made this known in Lagos yesterday, while on an assessment tour of the Apapa port.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Okonjo-Iweala \u00a0and the Minister of Transport, Senator Idris Umar, were at the Lagos to assess the progress so far made in evacuation of overtime containers to Ikorodu Lighter Terminal by the Ports Monitoring Committee (PMC).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In his remark, the minister of transport said President Goodluck Jonathan has directed that the ports should be opened 24 hours a day to meet the 48 hour cargo clearance target by the Federal Government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Senator Umar said the Federal Government is set to create jobs for Nigerians through the maritime sector.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The ministers\u2019 delegation was at the APM Terminals, Apapa, which handles about 75 per cent of containers coming into the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Federal Government delegation was also at the scanning site of Cotecna Destination Inspection Limited in Apapa port to assess the scanning machines and how they aid cargo clearance.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read the original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thenationonlineng.net\/2011\/index.php\/business\/30787-%E2%80%98fed-govt-committed-to-port-reforms%E2%80%99.html\" title=\"\u2018Fed Govt  committed to port reforms\u2019\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2018Fed Govt  committed to port reforms\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> The Federal Government yesterday reiterated its commitment to reforming the nation sea ports by making them attractive for business through removal all impediments to cargo clearance. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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