He said that the containers arriving Onitsha Port was in line with the efforts of President Muhammadu Buhari’s government to put to use the waterways across Nigeria.

Muoghalu made the remarks in a telephone interview with our reporter on Friday in Awka.

He explained that at the moment, containers which began to arrive at Onitsha Port on Sunday, Oct. 3, were coming from Onne Port, in Rivers State.

“Very soon, vessels will be carrying containers from Lagos Ports to Onitsha and by the grace of God, we are working on vessels bringing containers straight from foreign Ports to Onitsha,” he said.

It was also learnt that ships with containers last berthed at the Onitsha Port over three decades ago.

Onitsha, the commercial hub of Anambra, is renowned for trade and commerce in Nigeria and across West Africa.

Muoghalu said his agency was working assiduously to ensure that activities pick up at the Onitsha Port and other Ports, which past governments abandoned to decay.

He said that the Buhari government does not believe in praise singing, but was committed to policies and programmes that would uplift the living conditions of Nigerians.

“When we said on assumption of duty some months back that we would reactivate Onitsha Port, some people felt it was ferry tale, but today we have been vindicated,” Muoghalu said.

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Mele Kyari, the current GMD of the state-run oil company broke the news on Twitter on Saturday, May 30, 2020.

My brother, my friend and my mentor, Dr Maikanti Kachalla Baru, immediate past GMD of NNPC died late last night. He was of exemplary character and disposition. May Allah forgive him and have mercy upon him.

— Mele Kyari (@MKKyari) May 30, 2020

He tweeted, “My brother, my friend and my mentor, Dr Maikanti Kachalla Baru, immediate past GMD of NNPC died late last night.

“He was of exemplary character and disposition. May Allah forgive him and have mercy upon him.”

Meanwhile, the spokesman of the Corporation Dr Kennie Obateru in statement confirmed the death of the ex-GMD.

“The NNPC regrets to announce the demise of its former GMD, Dr Maikanti Kacalla Baru, Friday night.

“Dr. Baru, a consummate Mechanical Engineer, died after a brief illness.”

He said that Kyari expressed shock over the sudden death of Baru who was the 18th GMD of the Corporation.

It was reported that Baru, 60, who was at the helm of the Corporation from July 4, 2016 to July 7, 2019, was born in July 1959 in Misau, Bauchi State.

He attended Federal Government College, Jos for his secondary education where he graduated in 1978.

He obtained his bachelor of engineering degree from Ahmadu Bello University in 1982. Baru has a doctorate in Computer Aided Engineering from the University of Sussex. retire in July 2019.

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