As Ballah, others Get New Roles

The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA,  Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho has appointed Mr. Ikechukwu Onyemekara as the new Spokesperson of the Agency in order to  reposition Nigeria’s foremost trade facilitation platform for greater efficiency, renewed contributions to the national economy and enhance actualizing it’s performance deliverables.

Dantsoho who comes to the job with decades of sector-specific experience having commenced his career at the NPA as a Youth Corp member said “These appointments represent our deliberate strategy to deploy the wealth of experience of the appointees to national advantage”

The appointments which take immediate effect reorganized some Divisions to align with the direction of the Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy;  retained Dr (Mrs) Chinwe Nwokolo, Pharmacist Hadiza Sani and Mr. Babatunde Gbotolorun as General Managers Medical, Abuja Liasion and ICT Divisions respectively.

Also, other new appointees named to head various Divisions include Captain Jerome Angyunwe, Engr. Richard Unde, Engr. Mukhtar Isa, Mr. Anthony Edosomswan, Mr. Dapo Adekunle, Mr. Victor Gofwan and Mr. Rabiu Dambatta.

Other new appointments are Mrs Priscilla Maduka, Mrs Sarah Ballah, Mrs Zainab Dantiye, Engr. Anas Suleiman, Mr. Adeayo Oni, Mr. Abdulkadir Gusau Mr. RAB Salau, Barr. Nurrudeen Abdulkadir, Mr. Seyi Iyawe, Barr. Ethel Uduehi and  Barr. Nansel Zhimwan.

Barr. Ahmad Wanka, Mr. Fatai Oladapo, Mr. Ibrahim Lukman, Engr. Abdul Isah, Mr. Charles Okaga and Mr. Ikechukwu Onyemekara who assumes the role of the Authority’s spokesperson as General Manager Corporate and  Strategic Communications Division are among those appointed by the Managing Director into strategic positions as for greater efficiency.