NPA Reiterates Efforts to Enhance NLNG Partnership For Exports

Abubakar Dantsoho, the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), has reiterated the authority’s commitment to enhancing its partnership with the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) to support the growth of exports.

A statement by the NPA said that Dantsoho pledged when he received the NLNG’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr Philip Mshelbila, at its headquarters in Lagos on Tuesday.

DEEPENING PARTNERSHIP FOR INCREASED EXPORTS

Poised to provide the operational collaboration necessary to grow exports, Managing Director/CEO @nigerianports, Dr. @Abudantsoho received the Chief Executive Officer of @officialnlng, Dr. @Mshelbilap on Monday 20th January 2025 at NPA… pic.twitter.com/SHuo11hV6I

— Nigerian Ports (@nigerianports) January 21, 2025

Speaking during the visit, Mshelbila expressed the Nigeria LNG’s appreciation for the NPA’s continued support and solicited increased synergy.

He said that the company was expanding its LNG production capacity to take advantage of increased global demand.

In his response, Dantsoho assured NLNG of the NPA’s support, adding that the Minister of Marine & Blue Economy, Adegoyega Oyetola, had mandated the NPA to support the Federal Government’s increased export orientation.

“We assure you of our unwavering support. Nigeria LNG (NLNG) has played a key role in Nigeria’s economic development and export growth since its inception.

“We will grow this partnership. Nigeria’s attainment of a trade surplus of 5.81 trillion Naira (or 3.7 billion USD) in the third quarter of 2024, as reported by the Nigeria Economic Summit Group’s (NESG) foreign trade alert, was through exports predominantly consummated on the NPA’s platforms,” the NPA boss said.

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