The Minister of Transportation,
Mr Rotimi Amaechi, says inability to do away with human contacts in port
operations is affecting its efficiency.
Amaechi told the News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Tuesday that the country had not developed enough
technology to run the ports without human contacts.
He said continuous training of
ports workers in technology would translate to its efficiency and ultimately
become competitive.
“You move in your goods and take
it out in 24 hours and this makes the ports more competitive than keeping goods
for 40 days.
“When you compare Nigerian
economy with the economy of other countries, you have to look at the factors of
production.
“If those factors of production
are cheaper in those countries, then the cost of goods in those countries will
be cheaper than the cost of shipping goods there.
“It also includes seaports. If
the seaport activities are costly, it will be less competitive,” Amaechi said.
He said that people were rushing
to Dubai to ship in goods into many countries because it operates mostly on zero
cost.
The minister said that the
present management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) was working hard in
ensuring seamless operations at the nation’s ports.
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