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Petroleum products top NPA import cargo chart
Godwin ORITSE
Petroleum products topped import cargo chart in the third quarter of this year, as a total of 5.2millin metric tonnes (mmt) of refined petroleum products was brought into the country.
Besides
the large volume of petroleum products, the agency also recorded a
total of 22.3 million metric tones, showing an increase of 12.5 per cen
over 19.8 million metric tonnes handled in the third quarter of 2013,
NPA’s spokesman, Mr. Musa Ilya in a statement, said that the ports handled 4.21mmt of general cargo representing an increase of 41.7% over the 2013 third quarter volume, 2.6 million metric tonnes of dry bulk cargo representing a marginal increase of 0.6 per cent over the corresponding period of 2013, while Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) volume stood at 5.1 mmt, a growth of 5.8 per cent% over 4.9mmt over the third quarter of 2013.
Ilya said the ports also handled 5.2mmt of refined petroleum products; 277,694 TEUs of laden containers and 217,080 TEUs of empty containers representing 9.1%, 3% and 9.5% increases respectively over the third quarter of 2013. He said “In the third quarter of 2014, a total of 1,405 oceans going vessels called at all Nigerian Ports as against a total of 1,366 vessels that called at the same period in 2013 representing an increase of 2.9%.
“The total Gross Registered Tonnage (GRT) of all ocean going vessels in the third quarter 2014 amounted to 38 million metric tons representing an increase of 9.8% increase over the GRT of 34.6 million metric tons in the same period of 2013.”
The NPA image maker said during the period under review, Lagos Port Complex (LPC), Apapa recorded a gross registered tonnage of 10.1mmt, showing an increase of 9% over 9.3mmt achieved in 2013. The port, he said, handled 397 vessels were during the period.
He said Tin can Island Port recorded a gross registered tonnage of 13.1mmt indicating an increase of 16.8% over 11.2mmt recorded in the corresponding period of 2013 while the port handled 475 ocean going vessels.
Calabar Port complex recorded a total GRT of 1.05mmt showing a rise of 40% over 751,553 gross tons of 2013, “leaving the port with 72 Ocean going vessels in the period under review” while Rivers Port complex recorded a total gross registered tonnage of 1.9mmt showing an increase of 37.8% over 1.4mmt achieved in the corresponding period of 2013. He said the port handled 126 ocean going vessels.
Onne Port complex, he said, recorded a GRT of 10.4mmt reflecting an increase of 7% over 9.7mmt recorded in the corresponding period of 2013 with 207 vessels handled within the period, while Delta Port Complex handled 128 vessels.
The Managing Director Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mallam Habib Abdullahi declared that the continuous growth experienced in the ports is a reflection of its efforts anchored on the need to deliver an efficient port service in a safe, secure and customer friendly environment, in accordance with the international best practices.
According to him, management has continued to pay attention to first and foremost improving existing port infrastructures in the areas of rehabilitation of port quay walls and aprons, secondly deepening our channels and thirdly the upgrading and renovation of our common user facilities, wrecks removal from our channels as well as other necessary engineering and marine works to ensure the efficiency of our service delivery and meeting the expectation of our stakeholders both foreign and local,” Ilya stated.
Petroleum products topped import cargo chart in the third quarter of this year, as a total of 5.2millin metric tonnes (mmt) of refined petroleum products was brought into the country.
ship
NPA’s spokesman, Mr. Musa Ilya in a statement, said that the ports handled 4.21mmt of general cargo representing an increase of 41.7% over the 2013 third quarter volume, 2.6 million metric tonnes of dry bulk cargo representing a marginal increase of 0.6 per cent over the corresponding period of 2013, while Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) volume stood at 5.1 mmt, a growth of 5.8 per cent% over 4.9mmt over the third quarter of 2013.
Ilya said the ports also handled 5.2mmt of refined petroleum products; 277,694 TEUs of laden containers and 217,080 TEUs of empty containers representing 9.1%, 3% and 9.5% increases respectively over the third quarter of 2013. He said “In the third quarter of 2014, a total of 1,405 oceans going vessels called at all Nigerian Ports as against a total of 1,366 vessels that called at the same period in 2013 representing an increase of 2.9%.
“The total Gross Registered Tonnage (GRT) of all ocean going vessels in the third quarter 2014 amounted to 38 million metric tons representing an increase of 9.8% increase over the GRT of 34.6 million metric tons in the same period of 2013.”
The NPA image maker said during the period under review, Lagos Port Complex (LPC), Apapa recorded a gross registered tonnage of 10.1mmt, showing an increase of 9% over 9.3mmt achieved in 2013. The port, he said, handled 397 vessels were during the period.
He said Tin can Island Port recorded a gross registered tonnage of 13.1mmt indicating an increase of 16.8% over 11.2mmt recorded in the corresponding period of 2013 while the port handled 475 ocean going vessels.
Calabar Port complex recorded a total GRT of 1.05mmt showing a rise of 40% over 751,553 gross tons of 2013, “leaving the port with 72 Ocean going vessels in the period under review” while Rivers Port complex recorded a total gross registered tonnage of 1.9mmt showing an increase of 37.8% over 1.4mmt achieved in the corresponding period of 2013. He said the port handled 126 ocean going vessels.
Onne Port complex, he said, recorded a GRT of 10.4mmt reflecting an increase of 7% over 9.7mmt recorded in the corresponding period of 2013 with 207 vessels handled within the period, while Delta Port Complex handled 128 vessels.
The Managing Director Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mallam Habib Abdullahi declared that the continuous growth experienced in the ports is a reflection of its efforts anchored on the need to deliver an efficient port service in a safe, secure and customer friendly environment, in accordance with the international best practices.
According to him, management has continued to pay attention to first and foremost improving existing port infrastructures in the areas of rehabilitation of port quay walls and aprons, secondly deepening our channels and thirdly the upgrading and renovation of our common user facilities, wrecks removal from our channels as well as other necessary engineering and marine works to ensure the efficiency of our service delivery and meeting the expectation of our stakeholders both foreign and local,” Ilya stated.
TRANSLATE:::
Petroleum products top NPA import cargo chart
Godwin ORITSE
Petroleum products topped import cargo chart in the third quarter of this year, as a total of 5.2millin metric tonnes (mmt) of refined petroleum products was brought into the country.
Besides
the large volume of petroleum products, the agency also recorded a
total of 22.3 million metric tones, showing an increase of 12.5 per cen
over 19.8 million metric tonnes handled in the third quarter of 2013,
NPA’s spokesman, Mr. Musa Ilya in a statement, said that the ports handled 4.21mmt of general cargo representing an increase of 41.7% over the 2013 third quarter volume, 2.6 million metric tonnes of dry bulk cargo representing a marginal increase of 0.6 per cent over the corresponding period of 2013, while Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) volume stood at 5.1 mmt, a growth of 5.8 per cent% over 4.9mmt over the third quarter of 2013.
Ilya said the ports also handled 5.2mmt of refined petroleum products; 277,694 TEUs of laden containers and 217,080 TEUs of empty containers representing 9.1%, 3% and 9.5% increases respectively over the third quarter of 2013. He said “In the third quarter of 2014, a total of 1,405 oceans going vessels called at all Nigerian Ports as against a total of 1,366 vessels that called at the same period in 2013 representing an increase of 2.9%.
“The total Gross Registered Tonnage (GRT) of all ocean going vessels in the third quarter 2014 amounted to 38 million metric tons representing an increase of 9.8% increase over the GRT of 34.6 million metric tons in the same period of 2013.”
The NPA image maker said during the period under review, Lagos Port Complex (LPC), Apapa recorded a gross registered tonnage of 10.1mmt, showing an increase of 9% over 9.3mmt achieved in 2013. The port, he said, handled 397 vessels were during the period.
He said Tin can Island Port recorded a gross registered tonnage of 13.1mmt indicating an increase of 16.8% over 11.2mmt recorded in the corresponding period of 2013 while the port handled 475 ocean going vessels.
Calabar Port complex recorded a total GRT of 1.05mmt showing a rise of 40% over 751,553 gross tons of 2013, “leaving the port with 72 Ocean going vessels in the period under review” while Rivers Port complex recorded a total gross registered tonnage of 1.9mmt showing an increase of 37.8% over 1.4mmt achieved in the corresponding period of 2013. He said the port handled 126 ocean going vessels.
Onne Port complex, he said, recorded a GRT of 10.4mmt reflecting an increase of 7% over 9.7mmt recorded in the corresponding period of 2013 with 207 vessels handled within the period, while Delta Port Complex handled 128 vessels.
The Managing Director Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mallam Habib Abdullahi declared that the continuous growth experienced in the ports is a reflection of its efforts anchored on the need to deliver an efficient port service in a safe, secure and customer friendly environment, in accordance with the international best practices.
According to him, management has continued to pay attention to first and foremost improving existing port infrastructures in the areas of rehabilitation of port quay walls and aprons, secondly deepening our channels and thirdly the upgrading and renovation of our common user facilities, wrecks removal from our channels as well as other necessary engineering and marine works to ensure the efficiency of our service delivery and meeting the expectation of our stakeholders both foreign and local,” Ilya stated.
Petroleum products topped import cargo chart in the third quarter of this year, as a total of 5.2millin metric tonnes (mmt) of refined petroleum products was brought into the country.
ship
NPA’s spokesman, Mr. Musa Ilya in a statement, said that the ports handled 4.21mmt of general cargo representing an increase of 41.7% over the 2013 third quarter volume, 2.6 million metric tonnes of dry bulk cargo representing a marginal increase of 0.6 per cent over the corresponding period of 2013, while Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) volume stood at 5.1 mmt, a growth of 5.8 per cent% over 4.9mmt over the third quarter of 2013.
Ilya said the ports also handled 5.2mmt of refined petroleum products; 277,694 TEUs of laden containers and 217,080 TEUs of empty containers representing 9.1%, 3% and 9.5% increases respectively over the third quarter of 2013. He said “In the third quarter of 2014, a total of 1,405 oceans going vessels called at all Nigerian Ports as against a total of 1,366 vessels that called at the same period in 2013 representing an increase of 2.9%.
“The total Gross Registered Tonnage (GRT) of all ocean going vessels in the third quarter 2014 amounted to 38 million metric tons representing an increase of 9.8% increase over the GRT of 34.6 million metric tons in the same period of 2013.”
The NPA image maker said during the period under review, Lagos Port Complex (LPC), Apapa recorded a gross registered tonnage of 10.1mmt, showing an increase of 9% over 9.3mmt achieved in 2013. The port, he said, handled 397 vessels were during the period.
He said Tin can Island Port recorded a gross registered tonnage of 13.1mmt indicating an increase of 16.8% over 11.2mmt recorded in the corresponding period of 2013 while the port handled 475 ocean going vessels.
Calabar Port complex recorded a total GRT of 1.05mmt showing a rise of 40% over 751,553 gross tons of 2013, “leaving the port with 72 Ocean going vessels in the period under review” while Rivers Port complex recorded a total gross registered tonnage of 1.9mmt showing an increase of 37.8% over 1.4mmt achieved in the corresponding period of 2013. He said the port handled 126 ocean going vessels.
Onne Port complex, he said, recorded a GRT of 10.4mmt reflecting an increase of 7% over 9.7mmt recorded in the corresponding period of 2013 with 207 vessels handled within the period, while Delta Port Complex handled 128 vessels.
The Managing Director Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mallam Habib Abdullahi declared that the continuous growth experienced in the ports is a reflection of its efforts anchored on the need to deliver an efficient port service in a safe, secure and customer friendly environment, in accordance with the international best practices.
According to him, management has continued to pay attention to first and foremost improving existing port infrastructures in the areas of rehabilitation of port quay walls and aprons, secondly deepening our channels and thirdly the upgrading and renovation of our common user facilities, wrecks removal from our channels as well as other necessary engineering and marine works to ensure the efficiency of our service delivery and meeting the expectation of our stakeholders both foreign and local,” Ilya stated.
TRANSLATE:::
Petroleum products top NPA import cargo chart
Godwin ORITSE
Petroleum products topped import cargo chart in the third quarter of this year, as a total of 5.2millin metric tonnes (mmt) of refined petroleum products was brought into the country.
Besides
the large volume of petroleum products, the agency also recorded a
total of 22.3 million metric tones, showing an increase of 12.5 per cen
over 19.8 million metric tonnes handled in the third quarter of 2013,
NPA’s spokesman, Mr. Musa Ilya in a statement, said that the ports handled 4.21mmt of general cargo representing an increase of 41.7% over the 2013 third quarter volume, 2.6 million metric tonnes of dry bulk cargo representing a marginal increase of 0.6 per cent over the corresponding period of 2013, while Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) volume stood at 5.1 mmt, a growth of 5.8 per cent% over 4.9mmt over the third quarter of 2013.
Ilya said the ports also handled 5.2mmt of refined petroleum products; 277,694 TEUs of laden containers and 217,080 TEUs of empty containers representing 9.1%, 3% and 9.5% increases respectively over the third quarter of 2013. He said “In the third quarter of 2014, a total of 1,405 oceans going vessels called at all Nigerian Ports as against a total of 1,366 vessels that called at the same period in 2013 representing an increase of 2.9%.
“The total Gross Registered Tonnage (GRT) of all ocean going vessels in the third quarter 2014 amounted to 38 million metric tons representing an increase of 9.8% increase over the GRT of 34.6 million metric tons in the same period of 2013.”
The NPA image maker said during the period under review, Lagos Port Complex (LPC), Apapa recorded a gross registered tonnage of 10.1mmt, showing an increase of 9% over 9.3mmt achieved in 2013. The port, he said, handled 397 vessels were during the period.
He said Tin can Island Port recorded a gross registered tonnage of 13.1mmt indicating an increase of 16.8% over 11.2mmt recorded in the corresponding period of 2013 while the port handled 475 ocean going vessels.
Calabar Port complex recorded a total GRT of 1.05mmt showing a rise of 40% over 751,553 gross tons of 2013, “leaving the port with 72 Ocean going vessels in the period under review” while Rivers Port complex recorded a total gross registered tonnage of 1.9mmt showing an increase of 37.8% over 1.4mmt achieved in the corresponding period of 2013. He said the port handled 126 ocean going vessels.
Onne Port complex, he said, recorded a GRT of 10.4mmt reflecting an increase of 7% over 9.7mmt recorded in the corresponding period of 2013 with 207 vessels handled within the period, while Delta Port Complex handled 128 vessels.
The Managing Director Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mallam Habib Abdullahi declared that the continuous growth experienced in the ports is a reflection of its efforts anchored on the need to deliver an efficient port service in a safe, secure and customer friendly environment, in accordance with the international best practices.
According to him, management has continued to pay attention to first and foremost improving existing port infrastructures in the areas of rehabilitation of port quay walls and aprons, secondly deepening our channels and thirdly the upgrading and renovation of our common user facilities, wrecks removal from our channels as well as other necessary engineering and marine works to ensure the efficiency of our service delivery and meeting the expectation of our stakeholders both foreign and local,” Ilya stated.
Petroleum products topped import cargo chart in the third quarter of this year, as a total of 5.2millin metric tonnes (mmt) of refined petroleum products was brought into the country.
ship
NPA’s spokesman, Mr. Musa Ilya in a statement, said that the ports handled 4.21mmt of general cargo representing an increase of 41.7% over the 2013 third quarter volume, 2.6 million metric tonnes of dry bulk cargo representing a marginal increase of 0.6 per cent over the corresponding period of 2013, while Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) volume stood at 5.1 mmt, a growth of 5.8 per cent% over 4.9mmt over the third quarter of 2013.
Ilya said the ports also handled 5.2mmt of refined petroleum products; 277,694 TEUs of laden containers and 217,080 TEUs of empty containers representing 9.1%, 3% and 9.5% increases respectively over the third quarter of 2013. He said “In the third quarter of 2014, a total of 1,405 oceans going vessels called at all Nigerian Ports as against a total of 1,366 vessels that called at the same period in 2013 representing an increase of 2.9%.
“The total Gross Registered Tonnage (GRT) of all ocean going vessels in the third quarter 2014 amounted to 38 million metric tons representing an increase of 9.8% increase over the GRT of 34.6 million metric tons in the same period of 2013.”
The NPA image maker said during the period under review, Lagos Port Complex (LPC), Apapa recorded a gross registered tonnage of 10.1mmt, showing an increase of 9% over 9.3mmt achieved in 2013. The port, he said, handled 397 vessels were during the period.
He said Tin can Island Port recorded a gross registered tonnage of 13.1mmt indicating an increase of 16.8% over 11.2mmt recorded in the corresponding period of 2013 while the port handled 475 ocean going vessels.
Calabar Port complex recorded a total GRT of 1.05mmt showing a rise of 40% over 751,553 gross tons of 2013, “leaving the port with 72 Ocean going vessels in the period under review” while Rivers Port complex recorded a total gross registered tonnage of 1.9mmt showing an increase of 37.8% over 1.4mmt achieved in the corresponding period of 2013. He said the port handled 126 ocean going vessels.
Onne Port complex, he said, recorded a GRT of 10.4mmt reflecting an increase of 7% over 9.7mmt recorded in the corresponding period of 2013 with 207 vessels handled within the period, while Delta Port Complex handled 128 vessels.
The Managing Director Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mallam Habib Abdullahi declared that the continuous growth experienced in the ports is a reflection of its efforts anchored on the need to deliver an efficient port service in a safe, secure and customer friendly environment, in accordance with the international best practices.
According to him, management has continued to pay attention to first and foremost improving existing port infrastructures in the areas of rehabilitation of port quay walls and aprons, secondly deepening our channels and thirdly the upgrading and renovation of our common user facilities, wrecks removal from our channels as well as other necessary engineering and marine works to ensure the efficiency of our service delivery and meeting the expectation of our stakeholders both foreign and local,” Ilya stated.
Dramatic changes, two years to LASU External System shutdown
By Josephine Agbonkhese
I never would have gone to that school if I knew my career and entire life would be so frustrated. Imagine paying tuition, studying all night for examinations and not seeing most of your results? I went through that school to facilitate my rise in the Nigeria Police which I had joined as a secondary school leaver, but as things are now, maybe I should have spent that money on my wife and children. Rising to the top here is extremely slow except you have a degree, but see how that school has frustrated me!”
That was an old student’s account of the Lagos State University, LASU, External System which has, since 2002, operated 10 satellite campuses across Lagos State with millions of higher education seekers in Lagos enrolling each year. But there has been a halt in admission in the last three years. This, according to sources, is preparatory to the proposed shut down of the system by 2016.
The “outgone” student (as he and his colleagues are called since they have no proof of being graduates), who joined the school in 2005 and supposedly rounded-off in 2011 from the Department of Accountancy, narrated his predicament with tear-filled eyes to Sunday Vanguard.
He was one of those who began at the main campus in Ojo, Lagos, but got transferred to the Agege campus.
The testimony of that old student is, however, in huge contrast to that of current students at the institution.
“Things have been quite different since I entered the institution in 2010, especially since 2012 when a new team assumed leadership of the system. Results are released and published on a website- www.lasuwebservices.com – 36 hours after examination, and lecturers are more devoted”, a student at one of the satellite campuses, who simply identified himself as Olalekan, said.
Admitting though that the school fee has more than doubled, he added that lecturers now get paid as and when due unlike in the past when they allegedly either begged for their salaries or leave with students’ answer booklets and results when they are not paid. This tradition contributed greatly to the frustrations faced by students.
According to one of the current administrative officials of the system who spoke on the condition of anonymity, the administration, led by Prof. Tajudeen Obanikande, the Director, is driven by a strong desire to see students graduate with the assurance of getting their results within a short period.
It would be recalled that in 2012, the final year results of two departments – the 2003/04 and 2007/08 batches of students in Mass Communication and Economics Departments respectively – were finally released and pasted on a notice board at the Anthony Campus of the institution. Many others have since followed speedily across the campuses.
Delayed release of results
History is replete with stories of students writing examinations and waiting forever to see the results. Some outgone students of the LASU External System confirmed that they never sighted most of their examination results before leaving the school. And many of the former students have lost their jobs due to the inability to tender proof of university degree as requested by their employers who tolerated them for years.
This tradition of delayed result is, however, fast changing with the magical fingers of the lasuwebservices portal where students now hurry to, shortly after writing any examination. Results are pasted under course codes in the portal and students can access them, jot down or print out if desired, for reference purposes.
“We are now able to see our results for each semester and for students who have activated their profile, these results are uploaded to their profiles in due time, to facilitate final result collection upon graduation. I think we are lucky to be in LASU External System at this time when there is a breath of fresh air,” Marilyn, a 400 level student, said gleefully when Sunday Vanguard visited the institution’s Festac campus.
With LASU External System now going digital and students granted access to their results on the internet, most students are certain about having their results and certificates without hiccup. Many students who recently graduated are already enjoying these benefits as they were seen in the various campuses, carrying out their final clearance for final result collection. When contacted to comment on the changes sweeping through the system, the Director, Centre for Information, Press and Public Relations, LASU, Dr.Sola Fosudo, declined making any remark but suggested the External System’s Director, Prof Tajudeen Obanikande, be contacted. At press time though, all efforts to have Tajudeen speak proved abortive.
I never would have gone to that school if I knew my career and entire life would be so frustrated. Imagine paying tuition, studying all night for examinations and not seeing most of your results? I went through that school to facilitate my rise in the Nigeria Police which I had joined as a secondary school leaver, but as things are now, maybe I should have spent that money on my wife and children. Rising to the top here is extremely slow except you have a degree, but see how that school has frustrated me!”
That was an old student’s account of the Lagos State University, LASU, External System which has, since 2002, operated 10 satellite campuses across Lagos State with millions of higher education seekers in Lagos enrolling each year. But there has been a halt in admission in the last three years. This, according to sources, is preparatory to the proposed shut down of the system by 2016.
The “outgone” student (as he and his colleagues are called since they have no proof of being graduates), who joined the school in 2005 and supposedly rounded-off in 2011 from the Department of Accountancy, narrated his predicament with tear-filled eyes to Sunday Vanguard.
He was one of those who began at the main campus in Ojo, Lagos, but got transferred to the Agege campus.
The testimony of that old student is, however, in huge contrast to that of current students at the institution.
“Things have been quite different since I entered the institution in 2010, especially since 2012 when a new team assumed leadership of the system. Results are released and published on a website- www.lasuwebservices.com – 36 hours after examination, and lecturers are more devoted”, a student at one of the satellite campuses, who simply identified himself as Olalekan, said.
Admitting though that the school fee has more than doubled, he added that lecturers now get paid as and when due unlike in the past when they allegedly either begged for their salaries or leave with students’ answer booklets and results when they are not paid. This tradition contributed greatly to the frustrations faced by students.
According to one of the current administrative officials of the system who spoke on the condition of anonymity, the administration, led by Prof. Tajudeen Obanikande, the Director, is driven by a strong desire to see students graduate with the assurance of getting their results within a short period.
It would be recalled that in 2012, the final year results of two departments – the 2003/04 and 2007/08 batches of students in Mass Communication and Economics Departments respectively – were finally released and pasted on a notice board at the Anthony Campus of the institution. Many others have since followed speedily across the campuses.
Delayed release of results
History is replete with stories of students writing examinations and waiting forever to see the results. Some outgone students of the LASU External System confirmed that they never sighted most of their examination results before leaving the school. And many of the former students have lost their jobs due to the inability to tender proof of university degree as requested by their employers who tolerated them for years.
This tradition of delayed result is, however, fast changing with the magical fingers of the lasuwebservices portal where students now hurry to, shortly after writing any examination. Results are pasted under course codes in the portal and students can access them, jot down or print out if desired, for reference purposes.
“We are now able to see our results for each semester and for students who have activated their profile, these results are uploaded to their profiles in due time, to facilitate final result collection upon graduation. I think we are lucky to be in LASU External System at this time when there is a breath of fresh air,” Marilyn, a 400 level student, said gleefully when Sunday Vanguard visited the institution’s Festac campus.
With LASU External System now going digital and students granted access to their results on the internet, most students are certain about having their results and certificates without hiccup. Many students who recently graduated are already enjoying these benefits as they were seen in the various campuses, carrying out their final clearance for final result collection. When contacted to comment on the changes sweeping through the system, the Director, Centre for Information, Press and Public Relations, LASU, Dr.Sola Fosudo, declined making any remark but suggested the External System’s Director, Prof Tajudeen Obanikande, be contacted. At press time though, all efforts to have Tajudeen speak proved abortive.
Dramatic changes, two years to LASU External System shutdown
By Josephine Agbonkhese
I never would have gone to that school if I knew my career and entire life would be so frustrated. Imagine paying tuition, studying all night for examinations and not seeing most of your results? I went through that school to facilitate my rise in the Nigeria Police which I had joined as a secondary school leaver, but as things are now, maybe I should have spent that money on my wife and children. Rising to the top here is extremely slow except you have a degree, but see how that school has frustrated me!”
That was an old student’s account of the Lagos State University, LASU, External System which has, since 2002, operated 10 satellite campuses across Lagos State with millions of higher education seekers in Lagos enrolling each year. But there has been a halt in admission in the last three years. This, according to sources, is preparatory to the proposed shut down of the system by 2016.
The “outgone” student (as he and his colleagues are called since they have no proof of being graduates), who joined the school in 2005 and supposedly rounded-off in 2011 from the Department of Accountancy, narrated his predicament with tear-filled eyes to Sunday Vanguard.
He was one of those who began at the main campus in Ojo, Lagos, but got transferred to the Agege campus.
The testimony of that old student is, however, in huge contrast to that of current students at the institution.
“Things have been quite different since I entered the institution in 2010, especially since 2012 when a new team assumed leadership of the system. Results are released and published on a website- www.lasuwebservices.com – 36 hours after examination, and lecturers are more devoted”, a student at one of the satellite campuses, who simply identified himself as Olalekan, said.
Admitting though that the school fee has more than doubled, he added that lecturers now get paid as and when due unlike in the past when they allegedly either begged for their salaries or leave with students’ answer booklets and results when they are not paid. This tradition contributed greatly to the frustrations faced by students.
According to one of the current administrative officials of the system who spoke on the condition of anonymity, the administration, led by Prof. Tajudeen Obanikande, the Director, is driven by a strong desire to see students graduate with the assurance of getting their results within a short period.
It would be recalled that in 2012, the final year results of two departments – the 2003/04 and 2007/08 batches of students in Mass Communication and Economics Departments respectively – were finally released and pasted on a notice board at the Anthony Campus of the institution. Many others have since followed speedily across the campuses.
Delayed release of results
History is replete with stories of students writing examinations and waiting forever to see the results. Some outgone students of the LASU External System confirmed that they never sighted most of their examination results before leaving the school. And many of the former students have lost their jobs due to the inability to tender proof of university degree as requested by their employers who tolerated them for years.
This tradition of delayed result is, however, fast changing with the magical fingers of the lasuwebservices portal where students now hurry to, shortly after writing any examination. Results are pasted under course codes in the portal and students can access them, jot down or print out if desired, for reference purposes.
“We are now able to see our results for each semester and for students who have activated their profile, these results are uploaded to their profiles in due time, to facilitate final result collection upon graduation. I think we are lucky to be in LASU External System at this time when there is a breath of fresh air,” Marilyn, a 400 level student, said gleefully when Sunday Vanguard visited the institution’s Festac campus.
With LASU External System now going digital and students granted access to their results on the internet, most students are certain about having their results and certificates without hiccup. Many students who recently graduated are already enjoying these benefits as they were seen in the various campuses, carrying out their final clearance for final result collection. When contacted to comment on the changes sweeping through the system, the Director, Centre for Information, Press and Public Relations, LASU, Dr.Sola Fosudo, declined making any remark but suggested the External System’s Director, Prof Tajudeen Obanikande, be contacted. At press time though, all efforts to have Tajudeen speak proved abortive.
I never would have gone to that school if I knew my career and entire life would be so frustrated. Imagine paying tuition, studying all night for examinations and not seeing most of your results? I went through that school to facilitate my rise in the Nigeria Police which I had joined as a secondary school leaver, but as things are now, maybe I should have spent that money on my wife and children. Rising to the top here is extremely slow except you have a degree, but see how that school has frustrated me!”
That was an old student’s account of the Lagos State University, LASU, External System which has, since 2002, operated 10 satellite campuses across Lagos State with millions of higher education seekers in Lagos enrolling each year. But there has been a halt in admission in the last three years. This, according to sources, is preparatory to the proposed shut down of the system by 2016.
The “outgone” student (as he and his colleagues are called since they have no proof of being graduates), who joined the school in 2005 and supposedly rounded-off in 2011 from the Department of Accountancy, narrated his predicament with tear-filled eyes to Sunday Vanguard.
He was one of those who began at the main campus in Ojo, Lagos, but got transferred to the Agege campus.
The testimony of that old student is, however, in huge contrast to that of current students at the institution.
“Things have been quite different since I entered the institution in 2010, especially since 2012 when a new team assumed leadership of the system. Results are released and published on a website- www.lasuwebservices.com – 36 hours after examination, and lecturers are more devoted”, a student at one of the satellite campuses, who simply identified himself as Olalekan, said.
Admitting though that the school fee has more than doubled, he added that lecturers now get paid as and when due unlike in the past when they allegedly either begged for their salaries or leave with students’ answer booklets and results when they are not paid. This tradition contributed greatly to the frustrations faced by students.
According to one of the current administrative officials of the system who spoke on the condition of anonymity, the administration, led by Prof. Tajudeen Obanikande, the Director, is driven by a strong desire to see students graduate with the assurance of getting their results within a short period.
It would be recalled that in 2012, the final year results of two departments – the 2003/04 and 2007/08 batches of students in Mass Communication and Economics Departments respectively – were finally released and pasted on a notice board at the Anthony Campus of the institution. Many others have since followed speedily across the campuses.
Delayed release of results
History is replete with stories of students writing examinations and waiting forever to see the results. Some outgone students of the LASU External System confirmed that they never sighted most of their examination results before leaving the school. And many of the former students have lost their jobs due to the inability to tender proof of university degree as requested by their employers who tolerated them for years.
This tradition of delayed result is, however, fast changing with the magical fingers of the lasuwebservices portal where students now hurry to, shortly after writing any examination. Results are pasted under course codes in the portal and students can access them, jot down or print out if desired, for reference purposes.
“We are now able to see our results for each semester and for students who have activated their profile, these results are uploaded to their profiles in due time, to facilitate final result collection upon graduation. I think we are lucky to be in LASU External System at this time when there is a breath of fresh air,” Marilyn, a 400 level student, said gleefully when Sunday Vanguard visited the institution’s Festac campus.
With LASU External System now going digital and students granted access to their results on the internet, most students are certain about having their results and certificates without hiccup. Many students who recently graduated are already enjoying these benefits as they were seen in the various campuses, carrying out their final clearance for final result collection. When contacted to comment on the changes sweeping through the system, the Director, Centre for Information, Press and Public Relations, LASU, Dr.Sola Fosudo, declined making any remark but suggested the External System’s Director, Prof Tajudeen Obanikande, be contacted. At press time though, all efforts to have Tajudeen speak proved abortive.
Dramatic changes, two years to LASU External System shutdown
By Josephine Agbonkhese
I never would have gone to that school if I knew my career and entire life would be so frustrated. Imagine paying tuition, studying all night for examinations and not seeing most of your results? I went through that school to facilitate my rise in the Nigeria Police which I had joined as a secondary school leaver, but as things are now, maybe I should have spent that money on my wife and children. Rising to the top here is extremely slow except you have a degree, but see how that school has frustrated me!”
That was an old student’s account of the Lagos State University, LASU, External System which has, since 2002, operated 10 satellite campuses across Lagos State with millions of higher education seekers in Lagos enrolling each year. But there has been a halt in admission in the last three years. This, according to sources, is preparatory to the proposed shut down of the system by 2016.
The “outgone” student (as he and his colleagues are called since they have no proof of being graduates), who joined the school in 2005 and supposedly rounded-off in 2011 from the Department of Accountancy, narrated his predicament with tear-filled eyes to Sunday Vanguard.
He was one of those who began at the main campus in Ojo, Lagos, but got transferred to the Agege campus.
The testimony of that old student is, however, in huge contrast to that of current students at the institution.
“Things have been quite different since I entered the institution in 2010, especially since 2012 when a new team assumed leadership of the system. Results are released and published on a website- www.lasuwebservices.com – 36 hours after examination, and lecturers are more devoted”, a student at one of the satellite campuses, who simply identified himself as Olalekan, said.
Admitting though that the school fee has more than doubled, he added that lecturers now get paid as and when due unlike in the past when they allegedly either begged for their salaries or leave with students’ answer booklets and results when they are not paid. This tradition contributed greatly to the frustrations faced by students.
According to one of the current administrative officials of the system who spoke on the condition of anonymity, the administration, led by Prof. Tajudeen Obanikande, the Director, is driven by a strong desire to see students graduate with the assurance of getting their results within a short period.
It would be recalled that in 2012, the final year results of two departments – the 2003/04 and 2007/08 batches of students in Mass Communication and Economics Departments respectively – were finally released and pasted on a notice board at the Anthony Campus of the institution. Many others have since followed speedily across the campuses.
Delayed release of results
History is replete with stories of students writing examinations and waiting forever to see the results. Some outgone students of the LASU External System confirmed that they never sighted most of their examination results before leaving the school. And many of the former students have lost their jobs due to the inability to tender proof of university degree as requested by their employers who tolerated them for years.
This tradition of delayed result is, however, fast changing with the magical fingers of the lasuwebservices portal where students now hurry to, shortly after writing any examination. Results are pasted under course codes in the portal and students can access them, jot down or print out if desired, for reference purposes.
“We are now able to see our results for each semester and for students who have activated their profile, these results are uploaded to their profiles in due time, to facilitate final result collection upon graduation. I think we are lucky to be in LASU External System at this time when there is a breath of fresh air,” Marilyn, a 400 level student, said gleefully when Sunday Vanguard visited the institution’s Festac campus.
With LASU External System now going digital and students granted access to their results on the internet, most students are certain about having their results and certificates without hiccup. Many students who recently graduated are already enjoying these benefits as they were seen in the various campuses, carrying out their final clearance for final result collection. When contacted to comment on the changes sweeping through the system, the Director, Centre for Information, Press and Public Relations, LASU, Dr.Sola Fosudo, declined making any remark but suggested the External System’s Director, Prof Tajudeen Obanikande, be contacted. At press time though, all efforts to have Tajudeen speak proved abortive.
I never would have gone to that school if I knew my career and entire life would be so frustrated. Imagine paying tuition, studying all night for examinations and not seeing most of your results? I went through that school to facilitate my rise in the Nigeria Police which I had joined as a secondary school leaver, but as things are now, maybe I should have spent that money on my wife and children. Rising to the top here is extremely slow except you have a degree, but see how that school has frustrated me!”
That was an old student’s account of the Lagos State University, LASU, External System which has, since 2002, operated 10 satellite campuses across Lagos State with millions of higher education seekers in Lagos enrolling each year. But there has been a halt in admission in the last three years. This, according to sources, is preparatory to the proposed shut down of the system by 2016.
The “outgone” student (as he and his colleagues are called since they have no proof of being graduates), who joined the school in 2005 and supposedly rounded-off in 2011 from the Department of Accountancy, narrated his predicament with tear-filled eyes to Sunday Vanguard.
He was one of those who began at the main campus in Ojo, Lagos, but got transferred to the Agege campus.
The testimony of that old student is, however, in huge contrast to that of current students at the institution.
“Things have been quite different since I entered the institution in 2010, especially since 2012 when a new team assumed leadership of the system. Results are released and published on a website- www.lasuwebservices.com – 36 hours after examination, and lecturers are more devoted”, a student at one of the satellite campuses, who simply identified himself as Olalekan, said.
Admitting though that the school fee has more than doubled, he added that lecturers now get paid as and when due unlike in the past when they allegedly either begged for their salaries or leave with students’ answer booklets and results when they are not paid. This tradition contributed greatly to the frustrations faced by students.
According to one of the current administrative officials of the system who spoke on the condition of anonymity, the administration, led by Prof. Tajudeen Obanikande, the Director, is driven by a strong desire to see students graduate with the assurance of getting their results within a short period.
It would be recalled that in 2012, the final year results of two departments – the 2003/04 and 2007/08 batches of students in Mass Communication and Economics Departments respectively – were finally released and pasted on a notice board at the Anthony Campus of the institution. Many others have since followed speedily across the campuses.
Delayed release of results
History is replete with stories of students writing examinations and waiting forever to see the results. Some outgone students of the LASU External System confirmed that they never sighted most of their examination results before leaving the school. And many of the former students have lost their jobs due to the inability to tender proof of university degree as requested by their employers who tolerated them for years.
This tradition of delayed result is, however, fast changing with the magical fingers of the lasuwebservices portal where students now hurry to, shortly after writing any examination. Results are pasted under course codes in the portal and students can access them, jot down or print out if desired, for reference purposes.
“We are now able to see our results for each semester and for students who have activated their profile, these results are uploaded to their profiles in due time, to facilitate final result collection upon graduation. I think we are lucky to be in LASU External System at this time when there is a breath of fresh air,” Marilyn, a 400 level student, said gleefully when Sunday Vanguard visited the institution’s Festac campus.
With LASU External System now going digital and students granted access to their results on the internet, most students are certain about having their results and certificates without hiccup. Many students who recently graduated are already enjoying these benefits as they were seen in the various campuses, carrying out their final clearance for final result collection. When contacted to comment on the changes sweeping through the system, the Director, Centre for Information, Press and Public Relations, LASU, Dr.Sola Fosudo, declined making any remark but suggested the External System’s Director, Prof Tajudeen Obanikande, be contacted. At press time though, all efforts to have Tajudeen speak proved abortive.
Dramatic changes, two years to LASU External System shutdown
By Josephine Agbonkhese
I never would have gone to that school if I knew my career and entire life would be so frustrated. Imagine paying tuition, studying all night for examinations and not seeing most of your results? I went through that school to facilitate my rise in the Nigeria Police which I had joined as a secondary school leaver, but as things are now, maybe I should have spent that money on my wife and children. Rising to the top here is extremely slow except you have a degree, but see how that school has frustrated me!”
That was an old student’s account of the Lagos State University, LASU, External System which has, since 2002, operated 10 satellite campuses across Lagos State with millions of higher education seekers in Lagos enrolling each year. But there has been a halt in admission in the last three years. This, according to sources, is preparatory to the proposed shut down of the system by 2016.
The “outgone” student (as he and his colleagues are called since they have no proof of being graduates), who joined the school in 2005 and supposedly rounded-off in 2011 from the Department of Accountancy, narrated his predicament with tear-filled eyes to Sunday Vanguard.
He was one of those who began at the main campus in Ojo, Lagos, but got transferred to the Agege campus.
The testimony of that old student is, however, in huge contrast to that of current students at the institution.
“Things have been quite different since I entered the institution in 2010, especially since 2012 when a new team assumed leadership of the system. Results are released and published on a website- www.lasuwebservices.com – 36 hours after examination, and lecturers are more devoted”, a student at one of the satellite campuses, who simply identified himself as Olalekan, said.
Admitting though that the school fee has more than doubled, he added that lecturers now get paid as and when due unlike in the past when they allegedly either begged for their salaries or leave with students’ answer booklets and results when they are not paid. This tradition contributed greatly to the frustrations faced by students.
According to one of the current administrative officials of the system who spoke on the condition of anonymity, the administration, led by Prof. Tajudeen Obanikande, the Director, is driven by a strong desire to see students graduate with the assurance of getting their results within a short period.
It would be recalled that in 2012, the final year results of two departments – the 2003/04 and 2007/08 batches of students in Mass Communication and Economics Departments respectively – were finally released and pasted on a notice board at the Anthony Campus of the institution. Many others have since followed speedily across the campuses.
Delayed release of results
History is replete with stories of students writing examinations and waiting forever to see the results. Some outgone students of the LASU External System confirmed that they never sighted most of their examination results before leaving the school. And many of the former students have lost their jobs due to the inability to tender proof of university degree as requested by their employers who tolerated them for years.
This tradition of delayed result is, however, fast changing with the magical fingers of the lasuwebservices portal where students now hurry to, shortly after writing any examination. Results are pasted under course codes in the portal and students can access them, jot down or print out if desired, for reference purposes.
“We are now able to see our results for each semester and for students who have activated their profile, these results are uploaded to their profiles in due time, to facilitate final result collection upon graduation. I think we are lucky to be in LASU External System at this time when there is a breath of fresh air,” Marilyn, a 400 level student, said gleefully when Sunday Vanguard visited the institution’s Festac campus.
With LASU External System now going digital and students granted access to their results on the internet, most students are certain about having their results and certificates without hiccup. Many students who recently graduated are already enjoying these benefits as they were seen in the various campuses, carrying out their final clearance for final result collection. When contacted to comment on the changes sweeping through the system, the Director, Centre for Information, Press and Public Relations, LASU, Dr.Sola Fosudo, declined making any remark but suggested the External System’s Director, Prof Tajudeen Obanikande, be contacted. At press time though, all efforts to have Tajudeen speak proved abortive.
I never would have gone to that school if I knew my career and entire life would be so frustrated. Imagine paying tuition, studying all night for examinations and not seeing most of your results? I went through that school to facilitate my rise in the Nigeria Police which I had joined as a secondary school leaver, but as things are now, maybe I should have spent that money on my wife and children. Rising to the top here is extremely slow except you have a degree, but see how that school has frustrated me!”
That was an old student’s account of the Lagos State University, LASU, External System which has, since 2002, operated 10 satellite campuses across Lagos State with millions of higher education seekers in Lagos enrolling each year. But there has been a halt in admission in the last three years. This, according to sources, is preparatory to the proposed shut down of the system by 2016.
The “outgone” student (as he and his colleagues are called since they have no proof of being graduates), who joined the school in 2005 and supposedly rounded-off in 2011 from the Department of Accountancy, narrated his predicament with tear-filled eyes to Sunday Vanguard.
He was one of those who began at the main campus in Ojo, Lagos, but got transferred to the Agege campus.
The testimony of that old student is, however, in huge contrast to that of current students at the institution.
“Things have been quite different since I entered the institution in 2010, especially since 2012 when a new team assumed leadership of the system. Results are released and published on a website- www.lasuwebservices.com – 36 hours after examination, and lecturers are more devoted”, a student at one of the satellite campuses, who simply identified himself as Olalekan, said.
Admitting though that the school fee has more than doubled, he added that lecturers now get paid as and when due unlike in the past when they allegedly either begged for their salaries or leave with students’ answer booklets and results when they are not paid. This tradition contributed greatly to the frustrations faced by students.
According to one of the current administrative officials of the system who spoke on the condition of anonymity, the administration, led by Prof. Tajudeen Obanikande, the Director, is driven by a strong desire to see students graduate with the assurance of getting their results within a short period.
It would be recalled that in 2012, the final year results of two departments – the 2003/04 and 2007/08 batches of students in Mass Communication and Economics Departments respectively – were finally released and pasted on a notice board at the Anthony Campus of the institution. Many others have since followed speedily across the campuses.
Delayed release of results
History is replete with stories of students writing examinations and waiting forever to see the results. Some outgone students of the LASU External System confirmed that they never sighted most of their examination results before leaving the school. And many of the former students have lost their jobs due to the inability to tender proof of university degree as requested by their employers who tolerated them for years.
This tradition of delayed result is, however, fast changing with the magical fingers of the lasuwebservices portal where students now hurry to, shortly after writing any examination. Results are pasted under course codes in the portal and students can access them, jot down or print out if desired, for reference purposes.
“We are now able to see our results for each semester and for students who have activated their profile, these results are uploaded to their profiles in due time, to facilitate final result collection upon graduation. I think we are lucky to be in LASU External System at this time when there is a breath of fresh air,” Marilyn, a 400 level student, said gleefully when Sunday Vanguard visited the institution’s Festac campus.
With LASU External System now going digital and students granted access to their results on the internet, most students are certain about having their results and certificates without hiccup. Many students who recently graduated are already enjoying these benefits as they were seen in the various campuses, carrying out their final clearance for final result collection. When contacted to comment on the changes sweeping through the system, the Director, Centre for Information, Press and Public Relations, LASU, Dr.Sola Fosudo, declined making any remark but suggested the External System’s Director, Prof Tajudeen Obanikande, be contacted. At press time though, all efforts to have Tajudeen speak proved abortive.
Petroleum products top NPA import cargo chart
Godwin ORITSE
Petroleum products topped import cargo chart in the third quarter of this year, as a total of 5.2millin metric tonnes (mmt) of refined petroleum products was brought into the country.
Besides
the large volume of petroleum products, the agency also recorded a
total of 22.3 million metric tones, showing an increase of 12.5 per cen
over 19.8 million metric tonnes handled in the third quarter of 2013,
NPA’s spokesman, Mr. Musa Ilya in a statement, said that the ports handled 4.21mmt of general cargo representing an increase of 41.7% over the 2013 third quarter volume, 2.6 million metric tonnes of dry bulk cargo representing a marginal increase of 0.6 per cent over the corresponding period of 2013, while Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) volume stood at 5.1 mmt, a growth of 5.8 per cent% over 4.9mmt over the third quarter of 2013.
Ilya said the ports also handled 5.2mmt of refined petroleum products; 277,694 TEUs of laden containers and 217,080 TEUs of empty containers representing 9.1%, 3% and 9.5% increases respectively over the third quarter of 2013. He said “In the third quarter of 2014, a total of 1,405 oceans going vessels called at all Nigerian Ports as against a total of 1,366 vessels that called at the same period in 2013 representing an increase of 2.9%.
“The total Gross Registered Tonnage (GRT) of all ocean going vessels in the third quarter 2014 amounted to 38 million metric tons representing an increase of 9.8% increase over the GRT of 34.6 million metric tons in the same period of 2013.”
The NPA image maker said during the period under review, Lagos Port Complex (LPC), Apapa recorded a gross registered tonnage of 10.1mmt, showing an increase of 9% over 9.3mmt achieved in 2013. The port, he said, handled 397 vessels were during the period.
He said Tin can Island Port recorded a gross registered tonnage of 13.1mmt indicating an increase of 16.8% over 11.2mmt recorded in the corresponding period of 2013 while the port handled 475 ocean going vessels.
Calabar Port complex recorded a total GRT of 1.05mmt showing a rise of 40% over 751,553 gross tons of 2013, “leaving the port with 72 Ocean going vessels in the period under review” while Rivers Port complex recorded a total gross registered tonnage of 1.9mmt showing an increase of 37.8% over 1.4mmt achieved in the corresponding period of 2013. He said the port handled 126 ocean going vessels.
Onne Port complex, he said, recorded a GRT of 10.4mmt reflecting an increase of 7% over 9.7mmt recorded in the corresponding period of 2013 with 207 vessels handled within the period, while Delta Port Complex handled 128 vessels.
The Managing Director Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mallam Habib Abdullahi declared that the continuous growth experienced in the ports is a reflection of its efforts anchored on the need to deliver an efficient port service in a safe, secure and customer friendly environment, in accordance with the international best practices.
According to him, management has continued to pay attention to first and foremost improving existing port infrastructures in the areas of rehabilitation of port quay walls and aprons, secondly deepening our channels and thirdly the upgrading and renovation of our common user facilities, wrecks removal from our channels as well as other necessary engineering and marine works to ensure the efficiency of our service delivery and meeting the expectation of our stakeholders both foreign and local,” Ilya stated.
Petroleum products topped import cargo chart in the third quarter of this year, as a total of 5.2millin metric tonnes (mmt) of refined petroleum products was brought into the country.
ship
NPA’s spokesman, Mr. Musa Ilya in a statement, said that the ports handled 4.21mmt of general cargo representing an increase of 41.7% over the 2013 third quarter volume, 2.6 million metric tonnes of dry bulk cargo representing a marginal increase of 0.6 per cent over the corresponding period of 2013, while Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) volume stood at 5.1 mmt, a growth of 5.8 per cent% over 4.9mmt over the third quarter of 2013.
Ilya said the ports also handled 5.2mmt of refined petroleum products; 277,694 TEUs of laden containers and 217,080 TEUs of empty containers representing 9.1%, 3% and 9.5% increases respectively over the third quarter of 2013. He said “In the third quarter of 2014, a total of 1,405 oceans going vessels called at all Nigerian Ports as against a total of 1,366 vessels that called at the same period in 2013 representing an increase of 2.9%.
“The total Gross Registered Tonnage (GRT) of all ocean going vessels in the third quarter 2014 amounted to 38 million metric tons representing an increase of 9.8% increase over the GRT of 34.6 million metric tons in the same period of 2013.”
The NPA image maker said during the period under review, Lagos Port Complex (LPC), Apapa recorded a gross registered tonnage of 10.1mmt, showing an increase of 9% over 9.3mmt achieved in 2013. The port, he said, handled 397 vessels were during the period.
He said Tin can Island Port recorded a gross registered tonnage of 13.1mmt indicating an increase of 16.8% over 11.2mmt recorded in the corresponding period of 2013 while the port handled 475 ocean going vessels.
Calabar Port complex recorded a total GRT of 1.05mmt showing a rise of 40% over 751,553 gross tons of 2013, “leaving the port with 72 Ocean going vessels in the period under review” while Rivers Port complex recorded a total gross registered tonnage of 1.9mmt showing an increase of 37.8% over 1.4mmt achieved in the corresponding period of 2013. He said the port handled 126 ocean going vessels.
Onne Port complex, he said, recorded a GRT of 10.4mmt reflecting an increase of 7% over 9.7mmt recorded in the corresponding period of 2013 with 207 vessels handled within the period, while Delta Port Complex handled 128 vessels.
The Managing Director Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mallam Habib Abdullahi declared that the continuous growth experienced in the ports is a reflection of its efforts anchored on the need to deliver an efficient port service in a safe, secure and customer friendly environment, in accordance with the international best practices.
According to him, management has continued to pay attention to first and foremost improving existing port infrastructures in the areas of rehabilitation of port quay walls and aprons, secondly deepening our channels and thirdly the upgrading and renovation of our common user facilities, wrecks removal from our channels as well as other necessary engineering and marine works to ensure the efficiency of our service delivery and meeting the expectation of our stakeholders both foreign and local,” Ilya stated.
TRANSLATE:::
Petroleum products top NPA import cargo chart
Godwin ORITSE
Petroleum products topped import cargo chart in the third quarter of this year, as a total of 5.2millin metric tonnes (mmt) of refined petroleum products was brought into the country.
Besides
the large volume of petroleum products, the agency also recorded a
total of 22.3 million metric tones, showing an increase of 12.5 per cen
over 19.8 million metric tonnes handled in the third quarter of 2013,
NPA’s spokesman, Mr. Musa Ilya in a statement, said that the ports handled 4.21mmt of general cargo representing an increase of 41.7% over the 2013 third quarter volume, 2.6 million metric tonnes of dry bulk cargo representing a marginal increase of 0.6 per cent over the corresponding period of 2013, while Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) volume stood at 5.1 mmt, a growth of 5.8 per cent% over 4.9mmt over the third quarter of 2013.
Ilya said the ports also handled 5.2mmt of refined petroleum products; 277,694 TEUs of laden containers and 217,080 TEUs of empty containers representing 9.1%, 3% and 9.5% increases respectively over the third quarter of 2013. He said “In the third quarter of 2014, a total of 1,405 oceans going vessels called at all Nigerian Ports as against a total of 1,366 vessels that called at the same period in 2013 representing an increase of 2.9%.
“The total Gross Registered Tonnage (GRT) of all ocean going vessels in the third quarter 2014 amounted to 38 million metric tons representing an increase of 9.8% increase over the GRT of 34.6 million metric tons in the same period of 2013.”
The NPA image maker said during the period under review, Lagos Port Complex (LPC), Apapa recorded a gross registered tonnage of 10.1mmt, showing an increase of 9% over 9.3mmt achieved in 2013. The port, he said, handled 397 vessels were during the period.
He said Tin can Island Port recorded a gross registered tonnage of 13.1mmt indicating an increase of 16.8% over 11.2mmt recorded in the corresponding period of 2013 while the port handled 475 ocean going vessels.
Calabar Port complex recorded a total GRT of 1.05mmt showing a rise of 40% over 751,553 gross tons of 2013, “leaving the port with 72 Ocean going vessels in the period under review” while Rivers Port complex recorded a total gross registered tonnage of 1.9mmt showing an increase of 37.8% over 1.4mmt achieved in the corresponding period of 2013. He said the port handled 126 ocean going vessels.
Onne Port complex, he said, recorded a GRT of 10.4mmt reflecting an increase of 7% over 9.7mmt recorded in the corresponding period of 2013 with 207 vessels handled within the period, while Delta Port Complex handled 128 vessels.
The Managing Director Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mallam Habib Abdullahi declared that the continuous growth experienced in the ports is a reflection of its efforts anchored on the need to deliver an efficient port service in a safe, secure and customer friendly environment, in accordance with the international best practices.
According to him, management has continued to pay attention to first and foremost improving existing port infrastructures in the areas of rehabilitation of port quay walls and aprons, secondly deepening our channels and thirdly the upgrading and renovation of our common user facilities, wrecks removal from our channels as well as other necessary engineering and marine works to ensure the efficiency of our service delivery and meeting the expectation of our stakeholders both foreign and local,” Ilya stated.
Petroleum products topped import cargo chart in the third quarter of this year, as a total of 5.2millin metric tonnes (mmt) of refined petroleum products was brought into the country.
ship
NPA’s spokesman, Mr. Musa Ilya in a statement, said that the ports handled 4.21mmt of general cargo representing an increase of 41.7% over the 2013 third quarter volume, 2.6 million metric tonnes of dry bulk cargo representing a marginal increase of 0.6 per cent over the corresponding period of 2013, while Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) volume stood at 5.1 mmt, a growth of 5.8 per cent% over 4.9mmt over the third quarter of 2013.
Ilya said the ports also handled 5.2mmt of refined petroleum products; 277,694 TEUs of laden containers and 217,080 TEUs of empty containers representing 9.1%, 3% and 9.5% increases respectively over the third quarter of 2013. He said “In the third quarter of 2014, a total of 1,405 oceans going vessels called at all Nigerian Ports as against a total of 1,366 vessels that called at the same period in 2013 representing an increase of 2.9%.
“The total Gross Registered Tonnage (GRT) of all ocean going vessels in the third quarter 2014 amounted to 38 million metric tons representing an increase of 9.8% increase over the GRT of 34.6 million metric tons in the same period of 2013.”
The NPA image maker said during the period under review, Lagos Port Complex (LPC), Apapa recorded a gross registered tonnage of 10.1mmt, showing an increase of 9% over 9.3mmt achieved in 2013. The port, he said, handled 397 vessels were during the period.
He said Tin can Island Port recorded a gross registered tonnage of 13.1mmt indicating an increase of 16.8% over 11.2mmt recorded in the corresponding period of 2013 while the port handled 475 ocean going vessels.
Calabar Port complex recorded a total GRT of 1.05mmt showing a rise of 40% over 751,553 gross tons of 2013, “leaving the port with 72 Ocean going vessels in the period under review” while Rivers Port complex recorded a total gross registered tonnage of 1.9mmt showing an increase of 37.8% over 1.4mmt achieved in the corresponding period of 2013. He said the port handled 126 ocean going vessels.
Onne Port complex, he said, recorded a GRT of 10.4mmt reflecting an increase of 7% over 9.7mmt recorded in the corresponding period of 2013 with 207 vessels handled within the period, while Delta Port Complex handled 128 vessels.
The Managing Director Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mallam Habib Abdullahi declared that the continuous growth experienced in the ports is a reflection of its efforts anchored on the need to deliver an efficient port service in a safe, secure and customer friendly environment, in accordance with the international best practices.
According to him, management has continued to pay attention to first and foremost improving existing port infrastructures in the areas of rehabilitation of port quay walls and aprons, secondly deepening our channels and thirdly the upgrading and renovation of our common user facilities, wrecks removal from our channels as well as other necessary engineering and marine works to ensure the efficiency of our service delivery and meeting the expectation of our stakeholders both foreign and local,” Ilya stated.
TRANSLATE:::
Petroleum products top NPA import cargo chart
Godwin ORITSE
Petroleum products topped import cargo chart in the third quarter of this year, as a total of 5.2millin metric tonnes (mmt) of refined petroleum products was brought into the country.
Besides
the large volume of petroleum products, the agency also recorded a
total of 22.3 million metric tones, showing an increase of 12.5 per cen
over 19.8 million metric tonnes handled in the third quarter of 2013,
NPA’s spokesman, Mr. Musa Ilya in a statement, said that the ports handled 4.21mmt of general cargo representing an increase of 41.7% over the 2013 third quarter volume, 2.6 million metric tonnes of dry bulk cargo representing a marginal increase of 0.6 per cent over the corresponding period of 2013, while Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) volume stood at 5.1 mmt, a growth of 5.8 per cent% over 4.9mmt over the third quarter of 2013.
Ilya said the ports also handled 5.2mmt of refined petroleum products; 277,694 TEUs of laden containers and 217,080 TEUs of empty containers representing 9.1%, 3% and 9.5% increases respectively over the third quarter of 2013. He said “In the third quarter of 2014, a total of 1,405 oceans going vessels called at all Nigerian Ports as against a total of 1,366 vessels that called at the same period in 2013 representing an increase of 2.9%.
“The total Gross Registered Tonnage (GRT) of all ocean going vessels in the third quarter 2014 amounted to 38 million metric tons representing an increase of 9.8% increase over the GRT of 34.6 million metric tons in the same period of 2013.”
The NPA image maker said during the period under review, Lagos Port Complex (LPC), Apapa recorded a gross registered tonnage of 10.1mmt, showing an increase of 9% over 9.3mmt achieved in 2013. The port, he said, handled 397 vessels were during the period.
He said Tin can Island Port recorded a gross registered tonnage of 13.1mmt indicating an increase of 16.8% over 11.2mmt recorded in the corresponding period of 2013 while the port handled 475 ocean going vessels.
Calabar Port complex recorded a total GRT of 1.05mmt showing a rise of 40% over 751,553 gross tons of 2013, “leaving the port with 72 Ocean going vessels in the period under review” while Rivers Port complex recorded a total gross registered tonnage of 1.9mmt showing an increase of 37.8% over 1.4mmt achieved in the corresponding period of 2013. He said the port handled 126 ocean going vessels.
Onne Port complex, he said, recorded a GRT of 10.4mmt reflecting an increase of 7% over 9.7mmt recorded in the corresponding period of 2013 with 207 vessels handled within the period, while Delta Port Complex handled 128 vessels.
The Managing Director Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mallam Habib Abdullahi declared that the continuous growth experienced in the ports is a reflection of its efforts anchored on the need to deliver an efficient port service in a safe, secure and customer friendly environment, in accordance with the international best practices.
According to him, management has continued to pay attention to first and foremost improving existing port infrastructures in the areas of rehabilitation of port quay walls and aprons, secondly deepening our channels and thirdly the upgrading and renovation of our common user facilities, wrecks removal from our channels as well as other necessary engineering and marine works to ensure the efficiency of our service delivery and meeting the expectation of our stakeholders both foreign and local,” Ilya stated.
Petroleum products topped import cargo chart in the third quarter of this year, as a total of 5.2millin metric tonnes (mmt) of refined petroleum products was brought into the country.
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NPA’s spokesman, Mr. Musa Ilya in a statement, said that the ports handled 4.21mmt of general cargo representing an increase of 41.7% over the 2013 third quarter volume, 2.6 million metric tonnes of dry bulk cargo representing a marginal increase of 0.6 per cent over the corresponding period of 2013, while Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) volume stood at 5.1 mmt, a growth of 5.8 per cent% over 4.9mmt over the third quarter of 2013.
Ilya said the ports also handled 5.2mmt of refined petroleum products; 277,694 TEUs of laden containers and 217,080 TEUs of empty containers representing 9.1%, 3% and 9.5% increases respectively over the third quarter of 2013. He said “In the third quarter of 2014, a total of 1,405 oceans going vessels called at all Nigerian Ports as against a total of 1,366 vessels that called at the same period in 2013 representing an increase of 2.9%.
“The total Gross Registered Tonnage (GRT) of all ocean going vessels in the third quarter 2014 amounted to 38 million metric tons representing an increase of 9.8% increase over the GRT of 34.6 million metric tons in the same period of 2013.”
The NPA image maker said during the period under review, Lagos Port Complex (LPC), Apapa recorded a gross registered tonnage of 10.1mmt, showing an increase of 9% over 9.3mmt achieved in 2013. The port, he said, handled 397 vessels were during the period.
He said Tin can Island Port recorded a gross registered tonnage of 13.1mmt indicating an increase of 16.8% over 11.2mmt recorded in the corresponding period of 2013 while the port handled 475 ocean going vessels.
Calabar Port complex recorded a total GRT of 1.05mmt showing a rise of 40% over 751,553 gross tons of 2013, “leaving the port with 72 Ocean going vessels in the period under review” while Rivers Port complex recorded a total gross registered tonnage of 1.9mmt showing an increase of 37.8% over 1.4mmt achieved in the corresponding period of 2013. He said the port handled 126 ocean going vessels.
Onne Port complex, he said, recorded a GRT of 10.4mmt reflecting an increase of 7% over 9.7mmt recorded in the corresponding period of 2013 with 207 vessels handled within the period, while Delta Port Complex handled 128 vessels.
The Managing Director Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mallam Habib Abdullahi declared that the continuous growth experienced in the ports is a reflection of its efforts anchored on the need to deliver an efficient port service in a safe, secure and customer friendly environment, in accordance with the international best practices.
According to him, management has continued to pay attention to first and foremost improving existing port infrastructures in the areas of rehabilitation of port quay walls and aprons, secondly deepening our channels and thirdly the upgrading and renovation of our common user facilities, wrecks removal from our channels as well as other necessary engineering and marine works to ensure the efficiency of our service delivery and meeting the expectation of our stakeholders both foreign and local,” Ilya stated.
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