NPA Generated N501bn Revenue in 2023, Reiterates $1bn Port Reconstruction Plan Says implementation of performance improvement measures key
Oluchi Chibuzor
Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has disclosed that it recorded
unprecedented revenue generation and remittances to the Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF) of the Federation last year, as its revenue grew
from N361 billion in 2022, to N501 billion as of December 2023. NPA said its remittances increased from N93.4 billion in 2022, to N131.2
billion by year end 2023. In a document titled, “Consolidation of superior performance at the Nigerian Ports Authority 2023 – a
synopsis of the Authority’s performance improvement 2022-2023,” NPA also reiterated its ambitious $1 billion reconstruction plan for
the Tincan Island Port Complex and the comprehensive rehabilitation of Continued on page 16
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Tinubu: Awolowo WasVictim of His Ambition, Hostile Opposition
Says he was a dependable ally of time, nation’s hero Celebrates Adesina for winning 2023 Awolowo leadership prize AfDB president pledges support for president's bid to transform agricultural practice Deji Elumoye in Abuja
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu,
yesterday, extolled the virtues of the first premier of the old Western Region, Chief Obafemi Awolowo,
saying he was a victim of his ambition and as well a hostile opposition. Tinubu, who described Awolowo
as a dependable ally of time a and the nation’s hero, noted that his principles had withstood the tests
of time and geography, noting that it was only time that defines the tough decisions, character and
sacrifices a leader has to take to make Continued on page 16
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Obafemi Awolowo Prize for Leadership Award ceremony...
L-R: Chairman, African Newspapers of Nigeria (ANN), Amb. (Dr) Olatokunbo Awolowo Dosunmu; President, Republic of Tanzania, Samia Sulubu Hassan; wife of the President, Africa Development Bank Group (AfDB), Mrs. Grace Adesina; her husband, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina; Vice President Kashim Shettima; Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu; former Head of State, Rtd. General Yakubu Gowon and former Commonwealth Secretary General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, at the Obafemi Awolowo Prize for Leadership Award bestowed on Adesina at the Lagos Continental Hotel, Victoria Island in Lagos, ... yesterday
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