Post by Trade facilitator on Apr 4, 2022 5:21:30 GMT 1
Export Processing Zone: Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Opens Ikorodu Export Processing Terminal
Congratulations to Nigeria; one of the greatest things to happen to this nation has just taken place in Ibeshe-Ikorodu in Lagos State. The nation has finally established Export Processing Zone; this is the single project that will lift non-oil export in this country to unprecedented level. We learnt that they are going to be ten in number by the time it is finished.
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has flagged off the first non-oil export processing terminal in Nigeria, situated in Ibeshe-Ikorodu, Lagos State.
The Managing Director of NPA, Mohamed Bello-Koko, at the ceremony on Friday, 11th March, 2022 said that the facility would enhance efforts of the nation to diversify the economy and reduce dependence on crude oil exports.
The General Manager, Corporate and Strategic Communications of NPA, Ibrahim Nasiru, said that efforts were geared towards meeting President Muhammadu Buhari’s agenda of widening the economic horizon of the country.
The event came ahead of the official launch of the ten (10) Certified Export Processing Terminals, spread across Lagos and Ogun states.
The Ibeshe-Ikorodu facility is designated as EssLibra Terminal. Bello-Koko implored all the agencies involved in the export processing value chain to deploy adequate personnel, urging them to work in synergy to ensure efficiency and turnaround in the processing of export cargoes.
He commended the management and staff of EssLibra for the quality of facilities deployed at the terminal and assured them of the readiness of NPA to remove all impediments against the seamless handling of locally manufactured exports and agro-allied commodities.
Bello-Koko charged the management of the terminal to resist the temptation to veer off export processing for which the terminal was built.
“The rationale is to have one-stop-shop where all inspection, consolidation and stuffing of export-bound cargo will be conducted in a synchronized manner in order to eliminate all the delays that hitherto rendered Nigerian non-oil exports uncompetitive,” he said.
He also said that NPA management would effectively implement all policies towards promotion of exports and strengthen the indigenous capacity through the promotion of local content.
“We took cognizance of the local content in the certification process of this terminal, this is why I expect the host community to take ownership of this terminal,” he said.
“They should also support its operations, in view of the multiplier effect benefits to the host community,” he said.
The managing Director of the terminal – EssLibra Nigeria Ltd, Yemi Adunola, while conducting the NPA management round the facility thanked the Authority and its technical partners, the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) for their unalloyed support in making the facility become a reality.
The EssLibra terminal is an integrated logistics off-dock terminal, ready for all export activities such as stuffing, on-site customs clearance and barging services.
The terminal covers an area of 120,000 square metres that includes an export processing zone, Trailer park, RoRo facility and fuel dump.
The operator is offering over 100 dedicated trucks, seven (7) barges, two (2) cranes and eight (8) container handlers among other on-demand cargo equipment.
The import of the information in our hands as agro-exporters is enormous; this means that all we need to facilitate the export of agro commodities are here with us.
We heard right that 10 of such facilities are to be established in the two states of Lagos and Ogun; this is massive and it is going to simplify and make agro exports a delight to the operators.
Yours truly will visit the Ibeshe-Ikorodu export processing zone and bring you complete information about the export processing zone very soon.
Our company is one of the best companies in Agro-Export Business in Nigeria today, we train individuals and corporate organizations on how to do Export Business the right way; if you are interested, please contact the admin of this forum now for further details.
Congratulations to Nigeria; one of the greatest things to happen to this nation has just taken place in Ibeshe-Ikorodu in Lagos State. The nation has finally established Export Processing Zone; this is the single project that will lift non-oil export in this country to unprecedented level. We learnt that they are going to be ten in number by the time it is finished.
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has flagged off the first non-oil export processing terminal in Nigeria, situated in Ibeshe-Ikorodu, Lagos State.
The Managing Director of NPA, Mohamed Bello-Koko, at the ceremony on Friday, 11th March, 2022 said that the facility would enhance efforts of the nation to diversify the economy and reduce dependence on crude oil exports.
The General Manager, Corporate and Strategic Communications of NPA, Ibrahim Nasiru, said that efforts were geared towards meeting President Muhammadu Buhari’s agenda of widening the economic horizon of the country.
The event came ahead of the official launch of the ten (10) Certified Export Processing Terminals, spread across Lagos and Ogun states.
The Ibeshe-Ikorodu facility is designated as EssLibra Terminal. Bello-Koko implored all the agencies involved in the export processing value chain to deploy adequate personnel, urging them to work in synergy to ensure efficiency and turnaround in the processing of export cargoes.
He commended the management and staff of EssLibra for the quality of facilities deployed at the terminal and assured them of the readiness of NPA to remove all impediments against the seamless handling of locally manufactured exports and agro-allied commodities.
Bello-Koko charged the management of the terminal to resist the temptation to veer off export processing for which the terminal was built.
“The rationale is to have one-stop-shop where all inspection, consolidation and stuffing of export-bound cargo will be conducted in a synchronized manner in order to eliminate all the delays that hitherto rendered Nigerian non-oil exports uncompetitive,” he said.
He also said that NPA management would effectively implement all policies towards promotion of exports and strengthen the indigenous capacity through the promotion of local content.
“We took cognizance of the local content in the certification process of this terminal, this is why I expect the host community to take ownership of this terminal,” he said.
“They should also support its operations, in view of the multiplier effect benefits to the host community,” he said.
The managing Director of the terminal – EssLibra Nigeria Ltd, Yemi Adunola, while conducting the NPA management round the facility thanked the Authority and its technical partners, the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) for their unalloyed support in making the facility become a reality.
The EssLibra terminal is an integrated logistics off-dock terminal, ready for all export activities such as stuffing, on-site customs clearance and barging services.
The terminal covers an area of 120,000 square metres that includes an export processing zone, Trailer park, RoRo facility and fuel dump.
The operator is offering over 100 dedicated trucks, seven (7) barges, two (2) cranes and eight (8) container handlers among other on-demand cargo equipment.
The import of the information in our hands as agro-exporters is enormous; this means that all we need to facilitate the export of agro commodities are here with us.
We heard right that 10 of such facilities are to be established in the two states of Lagos and Ogun; this is massive and it is going to simplify and make agro exports a delight to the operators.
Yours truly will visit the Ibeshe-Ikorodu export processing zone and bring you complete information about the export processing zone very soon.
Our company is one of the best companies in Agro-Export Business in Nigeria today, we train individuals and corporate organizations on how to do Export Business the right way; if you are interested, please contact the admin of this forum now for further details.
