By GODWIN ORITSE

THE Managing Director of the Gambia Port Authority  last week visited management of the  Nigerian Ports Authority, with a view to soliciting Nigeria’s support in the forthcoming election to the office of the Secretary General of Port Management Administration of West and Central Africa (PMAWCA).

Receiving the Gambian Ports managers, Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, (NPA) Engr. Omar Suleiman promised to support the candidature of the Gambia Port Authority elections.

Speaking at a reception for the 3-man delegation from The Port of Gambia, the Managing Director who was represented by the General Manager Special Duties, Mallam Abba Umar Rufai stated that NPA was ready to assist the Gambia Port Authority and her candidate wherever it is necessary.

Earlier in his speech, the leader of the Gambian delegation, Capt. Abdulrahman Bah who traced the history of good relationship between Nigeria and the Gambia especially between The Nigerian Ports Authority and The Gambia Port Authority, also commended the role of the  Engr. Omar Suleiman in the sub-region.

According to him, the delegation was in Nigeria, to congratulate the Managing Director of NPA on his appointment, and for a successful performance in the last one year and secondly to present the Gambian candidate for the post of Secretary General of PMAWCA in the forthcoming elections Mr. Ousman Jobarteh.

According to Capt. Bah, the regional body needed the best hand to transform it from its present state. He added that they decided to come to Nigeria having been to Lome, Togo for the same purpose.

The Ports Management Association of West and Central Africa (PMAWCA) is an umbrella organisation of Port Authorities of Countries in the West and Central Africa region.

Other member of the delegation was Mrs. Naffi Macdovall who is the Director of Corporate Services and Business development, the Port of Banjul.