New Agenda on Ports Efficiency to be Unveiled Soon, Says Shippers Council Boss
NSC CEO
By Francis Ugwoke
The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC), Hon Emmanuel Jime, has disclosed that the ports economic regulator will soon unveil a new agenda that will improve on efficiency of the nation’s seaports.
Jime who spoke to newsmen at a recent event in his office said the agenda will in summary not be different from the agenda of his predecessor.
“My own agenda which will be in conformity with the mandate of the Council and fundamentally and in summary not different from the agenda of my predecessor”, he said.
He said that the Council places emphasis on ensuring clarity as far as its regulatory framework and procedures for discharging them were concerned.
Jime added that the whole idea was to achieve positive impact on the ports and the national economy.
The Executive Secretary said, “That agenda will be in tandem with the mandate of the Shippers’ Council as the Ports Economic regulator.
“The issue is that there is a need for some clarity in the regulatory framework that we have and some clarity in the processes that must be embarked upon in this maritime domain. My understanding is that once there is clarity and once there are rules and everybody is playing by them , then we can all achieve our goals whatever those goals may be particularly when they are rules that can positively impact on the businesses being done in the maritime sector.
“Ours is a regulator that is unbiased and not showing any particular interest to any stakeholder but an interest that recognises the fact that the environment in which businesses are being done is one that everybody recognizes as being clear. if there is clarity almost everything else will fall in place. So, this is what we plan to do”.
Jime promised that the media will be carried along in the new agenda expected before the end of the year.
He however said he would prefer a media that will be critical of his policies in such a way that will make him do better , adding, “ because nobody is perfect”.
He added, “I have always thought that if it has to be praise singing all along , then something is wrong somewhere.
“I want to be a team player .Everywhere I have been ,in all modesty, I have always gone to an environment where I can impact to change the dynamics. It is going to be same here ,so that after my four years down the line,let there be something to be pointed to, for which I must have been known to have impacted upon. But I can only do that with the support of the members of the Press”.
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