{"id":9760,"date":"2026-03-08T20:42:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T20:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peoplesforumonline.com.ng\/about\/?p=9760"},"modified":"2026-03-08T20:42:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T20:42:52","slug":"npa-celebrates-maritime-womens-achievements-on-international-womens-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peoplesforumonline.com.ng\/about\/2026\/03\/08\/npa-celebrates-maritime-womens-achievements-on-international-womens-day\/","title":{"rendered":"NPA Celebrates Maritime Women&#8217;s Achievements On International Women\u2019s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian Ports Authority proudly celebrates the resilience, dedication, and invaluable contributions of women in the maritime sector\u2014including firefighting, security, piloting, engineering, hydrography, administrative and maritime-support services such as aids to navigation. These remarkable women are excelling even in roles that traditionally demand male-kind of strength.<\/p>\n<p>The Managing Director, Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho, noted in a statement that he deliberately prioritized gender equality in key appointments, starting with his aides and Technical Assistants: \u201cWomen hold 60% of these roles, with men making up the remaining 40%. This intentional step underscores NPA\u2019s commitment to advancing women\u2019s participation and success across the maritime industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We salute the remarkable women of NPA and beyond who continue to drive progress, break barriers, and shape a more equitable future for the sector,&#8221; the statement further said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian Ports Authority proudly celebrates the resilience, dedication, and invaluable contributions of women in the maritime sector\u2014including firefighting, security, piloting, engineering, hydrography, administrative and maritime-support services such as aids to navigation. These remarkable women are excelling even in roles that traditionally demand male-kind of strength. The Managing Director, Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho, noted in a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9761,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-maritime-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peoplesforumonline.com.ng\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peoplesforumonline.com.ng\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peoplesforumonline.com.ng\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peoplesforumonline.com.ng\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peoplesforumonline.com.ng\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9760"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/peoplesforumonline.com.ng\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9762,"href":"https:\/\/peoplesforumonline.com.ng\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9760\/revisions\/9762"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peoplesforumonline.com.ng\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peoplesforumonline.com.ng\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peoplesforumonline.com.ng\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peoplesforumonline.com.ng\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}