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Sections News Editorial/Opinion Cover Choice Arts & Life Business Politics Sports   Subscription Form Click here       Daily Independent Online.         * Wednesday, July 07, 2004. Electronic systems may replace  manual goods clearing procedures Stories by Muyiwa Dare Maritime Reporter, Lagos If things work according to plans, the management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) would do everything possible to phase out manual procedures for clearance of goods at the nation’s ports and replace them with electronic systems for faster and efficient clearing. This was disclosed recently in Lagos by the Managing Director of the authority, Chief Adebayo Sarumi, at the launching of the Access Control Programme (ACP), a major component of the International Shipping and Port-facility Security (ISPS) Code, on the movement of persons and vehicles into the nation’s seaports. Sarumi said the management is determined to provide electronic access systems in all the nation’s seaports, adding that the facilities to be used have been provided at the Lagos Port Complex and Port Harcourt Port, while that of the Tin Can Island has been ordered. He appealed to all categories of ports users and workers to cooperate with the Presidential Implementation Committee on Maritime Safety and Security (PICOMSS) in its strive to achieve effective implementation of all the provisions of the ISPS C�ode. He explained that the provisions of the code were not meant to inconvenience any genuine port user but to ensure the safety of all port facilities and check the activities of those who may have ulterior motives. According to him, Nigeria as an important maritime nation in the West African sub-region must be seen to be making efforts to comply with the code for its safety. Speaking further, the NPA boss told reporters that the car park being sited at the front gate of the Lagos Port Complex would be commercialised for all port users in Apapa during the office hours. At the Tin Can Island Port, he directed that the space designed for car park should be re-dedicated for the purpose it was intended and if the space had been leased out, it should be reversed. The ACP was simultaneously launched by PICOMSS in all the major ports in the four Maritime Security Zones (MCZ) in the country, namely Lagos, Port Harcourt, Calabar and Warri.       Copyright� 2002. All Rights Reserved Independent Newspapers Limited Block5, Plot 7D, Wempco Road, Ogba, P.M.B. 21777, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria. www.dailyindependentng.com e-mail: [email protected]

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