Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja The maritime transportation industry is contributing about N7tn to the national economy annually, the Nigerian Shippers’ Council has said.
According to the council, the sector, however, must be supported by the Central Bank of Nigeria to enable it to deliver more to the country economically.
He said, “I want to use this opportunity to appeal to the CBN to look towards our direction. It is intervening in the aviation, agriculture, movie or entertainment industries, and so on. Bello said the council was working towards operating 24 hours at Nigerian ports, adding that the evacuation of cargo by rail from the ports in Lagos had cut down the cost of transporting containers.
The NSC boss said, “The port itself must be digitalised because we realise that the physical presence of people is slowing port operations. We need to have paperless ports.
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