Funtua Port: Now Port Of Origin And Final Destination of Cargoes - FG

Funtua Port: Now Port Of Origin And Final Destination of Cargoes - FG
...Funtua Inland Dry Port would be a Customs port
...States allocated Inland Dry Port should expedition Action - Jime




The Federal Government has declared the Funtua Port of Kastina  State as a port of origin and final destination for import and export of cargoes.


The Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Jaji Sambo made this declaration on behalf of the Federal Government with the power conferred on him as Minister of Transportation by section 30 of the Nigerian Ports Authority Act, Cap. N126 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004. 

The Minister of transportation said that   Funtua dry port was initially referred to as Funtua Container Freight Station  with facility to operate shipping businesses including clearing and forwarding of cargo directly from anywhere in the world,  which was approved by the Federal Executive Council in March 2006 alongside other inland dry ports in the country but was later converted to an Inland Dry Port owing to the fact that the critical transport infrastructure was based on the strategic framework of Build, Own, Operate and Transfer, BOOT.

According to the Minister,  Funtua Inland Dry Port would be a Customs port in accordance with the provisions of the Customs and Excise Management Act, Cap. C45 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 and would have all the prerequisites of an international port.

He said that the national and international maritime practitioners, shippers, shipping companies, landlocked countries and port users should take full advantage of the port for import and export of their cargoes.

The Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Transportation, Dr. Magdalene Ajani, said “the Funtua Inland Dry Port will further unlock the economic potentials of Nigeria and facilitate trade with the land-locked countries like Niger and Chad Republic. 

"The Port will provide importers and exporters located within the nation’s hinterland access to shipping and port services without physically being at the seaports”.

Ajani said that the project will promote the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement, AfCFTA, and economic integration as well as further support the Presidential Business Enabling Environment Council, PEBEC. 

The Governor of Kastina State, Aminu Bello Masari, represented by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Commerce, Alh. Musa Sule, in his presentation, noted that the State Government, as part of its contribution to the project, facilitated 16.2 hectares of land and also paid compensation to the land owners.

He said the Katsina State Government took the step based on the conviction that when fully operational, the Port will create employment for the immediate community and its environs, support the revenue base of the State and facilitate trade within and outside the country.

In his own contribution at the event the Executive Secretary, Nigeria Shippers’ Council, Emmanuel Jime advised States that they were allocated Inland Dry Ports but were yet to develop them, to expedite action on the projects.

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