By Babatunde Aremu
The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Dr Abubakar Dantosho led Management has
appointed Mr. Ikechukwu Onyemekara in his rank as General Manager to head the Corporate & Strategic Communications Division.
Dr. Dantsoho has also reorganised the various Managers under the authority, all in a move to reposition the agency for greater efficiency and renewed contribution to the national economy.
Speaking after the announcement, 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 takes immediate effect reorganized some Divisions in line with the direction of the Federal Ministry of Marine & Blue Economy retained Dr (Mrs) Chinwe Nwokolo, Pharmacist Hadiza Sani and Mr. Babatunde Gbotolorun as General Managers Medical, Abuja Liasion and ICT Divisions respectively.
The 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, Mr. Rabiu Dambatta, 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, Barr. Nansel Zhimwan, Barr. Ahmad Wanka, Mr. Fatai Oladapo, Mr. Ibrahim Lukman, Engr. Abdul Isah, and Mr. Charles Okaga.