Nigerian Ports Authority: Bello Koko appoints three Port Managers… redeploys others

The Acting Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mr. Mohammed Bello-Koko, has approved the appointment of three new port managers and the redeployment of some principal officers.

The NPA, in a statement on Friday, said the exercise was done to boost processes toward more efficient port operations in the nation’s quest to become the maritime hub in Africa, South of the Sahara.

The new appointees are Yitnoe Stanley Magaji, who was moved as Technical Assistant Marine and Operations to the Managing Director, to now assume the position of Port Manager Onne, while Buba Jibril, formerly Traffic Manager LPC, moves to Tin- Can Island Port as Port Manager, and Ovbude Nelson Uwaifo, Traffic Manager at Dangote Jetty, is now Port Manager Calabar

The erstwhile Port Manager Tin- Can Island Port, Engr. Yunusa Ibrahim Anji, moves to Corporate Headquarters as Assistant General Manager Port Engineering, while  Dantsoho M. Abubakar former Port Manager Onne, now becomes Technical Assistant to the Managing Director, Special Duties.

Other appointments include Okaga Charles Bamidele, Principal Manager Traffic, who becomes Technical Assistant Marine and Operations to the Managing Director.

Leoso Akintunde Oladipo, Principal Manager Traffic LPC, assumes duty  as Traffic Manager Lagos Port Complex, while Aliyu Abubakar, Principal Manager Traffic Kirikiri Lighter Terminal, takes over as Traffic Manager, Dangote Jetty, Lekki.

The appointments take immediate effect.