The Management of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has announced that a fire incident which was reported at the APMT Apapa Terminal this morning has been professionally extinguished by the NPA firemen with the help of other sister agencies in the port.
The fire which erupted from one of the APMT cranes in the Apapa terminal was put off before any damage could be done to other facilities at the port.
The NPA Spokesman Ikechukwu Onyemekara, while expressing his appreciation to the NPA firemen for their professionalism,thanked God that no life was lost in the incident; neither were any other facilities affected by the fire before it was contained.
He assured port users and other stakeholders that the current management of NPA led by Dr Abubakar Dantsoho, as Managing Director, would continue to prioritise the safety of life and property in the Nigerian ports, even as it aims to enhance the ease of doing business in the ports.
