Sets up one-stop-shop
The Nigerian Port Authority, (NPA), has announced the commencement of the sale of crude oil and petroleum products to ?angote Refinery in Naira, and setting-up of a one-stop-shop to enhance smooth sales.
This was disclosed on NPA’s X handle, where the Managing Director of the Authority, Abubakar ?antsoho, was quoted saying the implementation of the Federal Governments directive for the NPA to coordinate service provision from all regulatory, security, and other stakeholders for the smooth implementation of the initiative to sell crude oil and petroleum products to the ?angote Refinery in Naira has commenced.
Speaking when he chaired the inter-agency stakeholders meeting on the One-Stop-Shop (OSS) at the NPA headquarters in Lagos, Dantsoho said, We are poised to collaborate and provide the efficiencies necessary to deliver on this national imperative of ensuring the availability of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) and other petroleum products.
He disclosed that the agency is setting up a One -Stop-Shop that will coordinate service provision from all stake.
According to him, We are also setting up a One-Stop-Shop that will coordinate service provision from all regulatory, and security agencies, and other stakeholders to ensure a smooth implementation of this initiative. This is in line with the directive of the Federal Government for the One-Stop-Shop to be domiciled with the Nigerian Ports Authority, (NPA).
The OSS team according to ?antsoho, comprised of representatives from Nigerian Ports Authority, Nigeria Navy, Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), ?angote Group, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Nigeria Customs service and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has a top official from the NPA Marine & Operations Directorate, Ms. Maureen Ogbonna as its focal person.
