EPIC TAKEOFF: NPA Lekki Port Management Team Ignites Nigeria’s Maritime Success Story

By Roland Ekama

Thunderous applause for the trailblazing Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Lekki Port Management Team, led by visionary Port Manager, Comrade Anda Emmanuel

 

Lekki Deep Seaport has blasted off as Nigeria’s ultimate game-changer; with a colossal deep-water titan devouring West Africa’s mega-vessels and shattering limits.

Ditching the nightmare gridlock of Lagos Port and Tin Can Island Port , this powerhouse obliterates congestion, skyrockets exports, turbocharged trade, and crowns Nigeria as Africa’s logistics superhub.

But who’s fueling this rocket ride? The dynamic NPA Lekki Port management team under Anda . Their bold reforms, genius investments, and relentless drive are delivering jaw-dropping victories.From exports surpassing imports to free-flowing cargo movement in and out of the seaports and Dangote Refinery, plus port automation—including marine operations like tugboats and barging—the story centers on seamless activities within the pilotage district.

Primarily, over the last two years, NPA management at Lekki Port has deployed technical expertise to ensure operational activities are seamless and well-coordinated, aligning with effective service delivery and revenue generation for the government.

Explosive Export Boom Against Imports:

Export containers rose by over 53% in throughput, recording an 80% surge in 2025—attributable to the management’s masterful trade strategies.

Ship Calls

Ship calls have erupted nationwide, but Lekki’s team crushed it with a staggering 500% surge, claiming regional supremacy. In 2023, they handled 6,076 TEUs of transshipment, proving Lekki a transshipment behemoth.

By 2025, Lekki sweeps nearly half of Nigeria’s cargo and welcomes the world’s biggest ships by GRT.Infrastructure Triumph: Roads, Dredging, Tugs with unstoppable federal firepower plus Lagos partnerships led to epic road upgrades that vanquished congestion and unleashed lightning-fast cargo evacuations.

Channel dredging hit 17m (19m incoming), welcoming super post-Panamax giants for massive savings. Game-changing tugs—NPA’s Africa-first 80-ton ASD tugboats, piloted by the team—tame mega-ships, with service operations soaring 50%. They’re already conquering minor equipment gaps.

Revenue

With N501 billion in 2023 revenue diversified beyond tariffs while the team launched 10 Export Processing Terminals, destroying delays and igniting exports. PPPs in power, bunkering, logistics, water, and repairs include genuine moves shielding against volatility.

Lekki rides a trillion-dollar economic wave.The Lekki management team, led by Port Manager Emmanuel Anda, is fueling Nigeria’s industrial renaissance.

Operational mastery

The team’s reforms deliver efficiency: an electronic call-up system plus traffic wizardry ensure trucks fly through. Ironclad truck safety achieved zero accidents at max speed. Automation is incoming for clearance blitzes. For wharf rats and criminal elements targeting cargo theft or broaching, NPA’s team has fortified security through automation for total cargo safety.

Efficiency Perfection

The team fearlessly tackles challenges through competence, skills surges via training, and pay hikes powering elite pros.

In Conclusion,the NPA Lekki management team—heroes of Nigeria’s maritime miracle—has transformed the Lekki Deep Seaport from launch to legend. Exports are soaring, ships flooding in, revenues exploding, and PPPs thriving.

All hail the NPA Lekki Port management team and Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho due to their unmatched brilliance is rewriting history as Nigeria awaits AfCFTA dominance with laser focus on skills, gear, links, and tech, Lekki will crush rivals and propel Nigeria to global glory.

The management team is now described as world-class port administrators, thanks to Anda’s magic and midas touch.This triumph salutes the NPA Lekki Port Management Team. Dive deeper and create more traffic for the NPA website or social media platforms.

Meanwhile attempt to seeking audience with the Lekki  port management team of NPA, prove abortive as they all decline comment despite the good deeds to promoting efficiencies at the port.