Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) ta bayyana cewa zirga-zirgar jiragen ruwa ta ƙaru da kashi 19.5 cikin 100 a kwata na farko na shekarar 2026, inda jimillar nauyin jiragen ruwa masu zirga-zirga daga ƙasashen waje ta kai tan miliyan 46.75.
Haka kuma, yawan kayan da aka sarrafa a tashoshin jiragen ruwa ya kai metric ton miliyan 32.38, lamarin da ke nuna ci gaba mai ƙarfi a harkokin sufuri ta ruwa.
A cewar rahoton bitar ayyukan NPA na kwata na farko na 2026, jigilar kayayyaki ba tare da man fetur ba ta ƙaru da kashi 11.6 cikin 100 idan aka kwatanta da shekarar da ta gabata, daga metric ton miliyan 29.02 a farkon shekarar 2025.
Hukumar ta danganta wannan ci gaba da ƙaruwa a harkokin shigo da kaya da fitar da su, ingantuwar sauke kaya a tashoshi, da kuma ci gaba da buƙatar ayyukan tashoshin jiragen ruwa.
Rahoton ya nuna cewa jigilar kaya zuwa ƙasashen waje ta ƙaru da kashi 23.7 cikin 100 zuwa metric ton miliyan 14.13, yayin da jigilar kwantena masu kaya zuwa waje ta ƙaru da kashi 67.6 cikin 100, daga TEUs 61,332 a kwata na farko na 2025 zuwa TEUs 102,803 a shekarar 2026.
Harkokin jigilar motoci ma sun samu babban ci gaba, inda aka sarrafa motoci 58,870, wanda ke nuna ƙaruwa da kashi 67 cikin 100 idan aka kwatanta da motoci 35,262 da aka sarrafa a bara.
Ayyukan jigilar kwantenoni daga wata ƙasa zuwa wata ta tashoshin Najeriya sun ƙaru da kashi 83.1 cikin 100, abin da ke nuna ƙara muhimmancin Najeriya a harkokin kasuwanci da sufuri ta ruwa a yankin Afirka ta Yamma.
Manajan Daraktan Nigerian Ports Authority, Abubakar Dantsoho, ya bayyana a wani taron masana’antu a Lagos cewa wajibi ne tashoshin jiragen ruwan Najeriya su zama masu inganci da gogayya domin cin moriyar damar kasuwanci ƙarƙashin yarjejeniyar African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
Rahoton ya nuna yadda Najeriya ke ƙara taka muhimmiyar rawa a kasuwancin yankin, inda ingantuwar ayyukan tashoshin jiragen ruwa ke mayar da su cibiyoyi masu muhimmanci wajen jigilar kaya a faɗin Afirka ta Yamma.
