MARCON Visits NPERA Headquarters as Nigeria's New Port Economic Regulator Begins Operations By Josh Akinde Lagos
The Maritime Correspondents Organisation of Nigeria (MARCON) has paid a courtesy visit to the headquarters of the newly established Nigerian Ports Economic Regulatory Agency (NPERA) in Lagos, marking one of the first stakeholder engagements for Nigeria's new port economic regulator. The delegation, led by MARCON President Mr. Ismail Aniemu, visited NPERA on 16 September 2026, following the recent transformation of the Nigerian Shippers' Council into NPERA after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu assented to the NPERA Act 2026 in August. Mr. Ismail Aniemu,MARCON President and his team with the Director general and Chief Executive Officer of NPERA, Dr. Pius Akutah, NPERA Takes Over as Port Economic Regulator With the signing of the NPERA Act 2026, the agency now has full statutory powers as the economic regulator of Nigeria's port system. Its mandate covers regulation of tariffs and charges, promotion of fair competition, enforcement of service standards, licensing of regulated...