The Federal Government, through the Nigerian Ports Authority, announced the extension of its service boat operation agreement with Intels Nigeria Limited.
According to The PUNCH, this update was disclosed in a memo titled ‘Reinstatement of Intels Nigeria Limited as the authority’s service boat operations monitoring provider in the pilotage district,’ signed by Charles Okaga, the Ports Manager at Lagos Port Complex.
In 2020, the NPA terminated its contract with Integrated Logistics Services (Intels) Nigeria Limited.
Consequently, the responsibility for boat service operations, previously managed by Intels Nigeria Limited as a third-party company, now shifts to the Nigerian Ports Authority.
In a memo issued on Thursday, the authority directed Intels to promptly resume operations. Notably, former Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar divested his interests in Intels through a series of transactions in 2021.
The memo read in part, “Further to the above and to support the authority and Federal Government’s drive to increase revenue generation from the service boat operators, Messers. Intels Nigeria Limited has been directed to resume service immediately.
“This is in line with the terms of the extended contract container in the Managing Agency Agreement conveying the scores of the service in condition to the obligations of the agent,” the memo partly read.
