Senate assures terminal operators speedy renewal of concession agreements

L-R: Senator Kelvin Chukwu, Senator representing Enugu East; Mrs Wunmi Eniola-Jegede, Group Coordinating Director, SIFAX Group; Senator Sunday Marshall Katung, Chairman House Committee on Privatisation and Mr. John Jenkins, Managing Director, Ports & Cargo Handling Services during the House Committee’s oversight visit to Ports & Cargo Handling Service Terminal in Lagos.

The Senate Committee on Privatisation has assured Ports and Cargo Handling Services a speedy renewal of its concession agreement.  

The assurance was given by Senator Sunday Marshall Katung, who led the Senate Committee on Privatisation on visit of the committee to Ports & Cargo terminal in Lagos.

Katung said the purpose of the visit was to understand the issues around port terminal operations by the concessionaires and to proffer solutions to identified challenges for the maritime sector to contribute substantially to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).  

Katung further promised that the committee would liaise with all relevant government agencies connected with the concession renewal for quicker resolution.