The Director-General of the Nigerian Ports Economic Regulatory Agency (NPERA), Dr Pius Akutah, has identified efficient and competitive seaports as critical to Nigeria's ambition of building a $1 trillion economy by 2030. Akutah said the agency is committed to transforming the port regulatory environment through stronger enforcement, standard-setting, automation and digitisation. He spoke in Lagos when the President of the Shipping Correspondents Association of Nigeria led a delegation on a courtesy visit to NPERA. Akutah noted that NPERA now has stronger legal provisions for sanctioning infractions, unlike the previous regulatory framework under the Nigerian Shippers' Council.
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