The federal government has conferred on the managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Mohammed Bello Koko with the National Productivity Order of Merit (NPOM) Award.

The award was in recognition of Bello-Koko’s quest to reposition the NPA for improved trade facilitation, revenue generation and unprecedented remittances to the Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF).

LEADERSHIP reports that an evaluation of the reforms initiated by the Mohammed Bello Koko- led management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) undertaken by the Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR) had classified the NPA as a level 5 “Platinum Level” Organisation.

BPSR Self-Assessment Tool (SAT) deployed in the NPA for the independent assessment, validated assessment and in-depth analysis of processes and practices of the agency returned the verdict of “exceptional performance with a performance level of 91.25 percent.”