Dr. Charles Okaga, General Manager, Operations at Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), has been seconded to the Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy as a Technical Adviser to the Minister, Adegboyega Oyetola CON.
Okaga, who is also the immediate-past Port Manager of the nation’s premier and busiest seaport, Lagos Port Complex also known as Apapa Port, is credited for playing a lead role in freeing Lagos ports access roads after over a decade of chaotic traffic gridlock that affected the port industry adversely.
Okaga also enshrined an unprecedented level of stakeholders’ engagement with port operators, service providers and users in the port community that led to the progress recorded.
In recognition of his exemplary performance in traffic management and the promotion of ease of doing business he received several unsolicited awards from a cross-country of industry and external port stateless, including the media, terminal operators, antigraft agencies, labour unions and a host of others.
During his 7-year stint as Principal Manager, Operations at the Authority, he distinguished himself through exemplary monitoring and regulatory services on matters of Port Concession and Joint Venture partnership, labour matters and mediation and has maintained an upward trajectory.
Dr Charles Okaga has also contributed significantly to the growth of export cargo shipment arising from several policy reviews, his appointment is hailed by Industry watchers as putting a square peg in a square hole.
