NPA empowers three communities in Rivers State

The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority NPA, Ms. Hadiza Bala Usman has empowered three host communities to Rivers Port Complex, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State with various working tools valued millions of Naira, as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility, CRS.

Usman said the empowerment is aimed at sustaining the cordial relationship between the Port and the communities, namely Bundy -Ama, Okari-Ama and Osaka. Bundu-Ama received 35 deep Freezers, Okari-Ama got 80 Grinding machines and Isaka communities was given 40 Welding machines.

Speaking during the official presentation of the items to the communities, Managing Director NPA, Hadiza Bala Usman, Represented by the Port Manager, Rivers Port Complex, Engr. Yunusa Ibrahim Anji, Usman, said the aim of the gesture is to ensure peaceful co existence in its operational areas.

Bala Usman insisted that without the existing peace and unity between the host and the Port, business would not strive at the complex, she further expressed gratitude to the communities for the Co-operation that exist between them and the management of the Rivers Port Complex over the years and assured the host that NPA would improve in its CRS in years ahead.

Recieving the items, Chairman, Okari-Aka Community, Mr. Ezekiel Okari thanked the Managing Director of NPA, Ms Bala Usman for her prompt attention to the need of his community by empowering his people with 80 Grinding machines. Okari assured the management that his community would make judicious use of the items. While Chief Willam Addoh of Bundu-Ama community lauded the management for empowering his community with 35 deep freezers. Addoh said the gesture would ensure cordial working relationship with the Port and empower the youths for a better living.