APM Terminals WACT sign agreement with host community

APM Terminals West Africa Container Terminal (WACT), Onne, Rivers State, has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to promote cooperation and development in its host community of Ogu.

In a statement issued by the company recently, the Managing Director of WACT, Naved Zafar, said the move will enhance peace and economic development of the community.

“This is a day I have passionately looked forward to for almost two years. Our journey started with a very humble beginning. We started operations with a very small team; no place of our own, not much of container business, but with a strong vision and commitment for the future.

“Looking at where we are now and what we have achieved, we can all be proud of it. That represents an incredible story of public-private and local community partnership in Nigeria, where international companies come and invest in a greenfield project, and based on that, develop an entire port ecosystem, promote Nigerian trade and support the local community,” he said.

Zafar said over the past two and a half years, WACT has been on a transformation journey. He said the transformation journey includes enhancing relations with the host communities.

The Executive Chairman of Ogu/Bolo Local Government, Vincent Nemieboka, who was represented by his Chief of Staff, Isaac William, commended WACT for bringing development to the community.

He assured WACT of the community’s cooperation and support.

The agreement signing ceremony was witnessed by the management staff of WACT, member of the House of Assembly representing Ogu/Bolo state constituency of Rivers State, community leaders and representatives of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Oil and Gas Free Zone Authority (OGFZA), Nigeria Customs Services (NCS), Department of State Service (DSS) and the Nigeria Police Force (NPF).