Nigeria Ports Authority Act

Nigeria Ports Authority Act Current Version

January 2022

This is an Act to establish the Nigerian Ports Authority with the functions of providing and operating necessary facilities in ports and maintaining, improving and regulating the use of the ports; and to provide for matters connected therewith. Regulation 7 outlines the functions of the board. It will provide and operate, in the Ports, such facilities as appear to it best calculated to serve the interest of Nigeria, maintain, improve and regulate the use of the Ports, ensure the efficient management of Port operations, optimal allocation and use of resources, diversification of sources of revenue and guaranteeing adequate returns on its investments, in order to contribute effectively to the wellbeing of the Nigerian society, provide, for the approaches to all Ports and the territorial waters of Nigeria, such pilotage services and lights, marks and other navigational services and aids, including cleaning, deepening and improving of all waterways, manage, supervise and control or take part in the management, supervision or control of any company or undertaking in which the Authority is interested, by reason of shareholding or otherwise and for that purpose appoint and remunerate directors, accountants, other experts and agents, provide and operate such other services as the Minister may, from time to time, require, and carry out such other activities which are connected with or incidental to its other functions under this Act. While Regulation 8 details the powers of the Authority.