Stakeholders in the maritime sector have lamented how corruption in Nigeria’s seaports has marred the ease of doing business
in the country as well as contributed to the nation’s low ranking in the Transparency International Corruption Perception Index .
Recall that the Executive Secretary of Nigerian Shippers’ Council, Hassan Bello, had last week disclosed that the agency recovered $20,000 bribe money from boarding officials at the port. “Virtually all the activities of every single actor within the supply chain are being activated. All these are damaging the system and the end receiver of such actions and inactions of corruption in the maritime industry are the masses,” Nweke stressed.
He argued that the measures have to some extent eliminated human bottlenecks at the ports in the area of vessel boarding, adding that no industry can grow and survive under corruption. He said corruption has limited the ease of doing businesses in the country, making the nation’s port users and investors lament.
He said the anti-corruption body is hoping for a Nigerian maritime sector that will have zero tolerance for corruption, while it shifts focus to cargo clearing and other areas in the industry.
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