The National Port Authority (NPA) has launched a five-year Strategic Plan (2025–2030) worth US$550 million. The Plan is aimed at repositioning Liberia’s ports as engines of economic growth, regional trade, and private investment. The ceremony, which was held under theme “For a United Port System: Attracting Private Capital, Facilitating Trade, and Anchoring Growth”, was launched on Monday, October 27, 2025 at the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Ministerial Complex in Congo Town.
The initiative is fixed on the acronym “RESET”, a comprehensive reform agenda representing Reform Governance, Enhance Efficiency, Strengthen Financial Management, Establish Inland Container Terminals, and Transform Infrastructure. Speaking at the event, Managing Director, Sekou A. M. Dukuly disclosed that the Strategic Plan is taking NPA from maintenance to modernization, from dependency to diversification, and from isolation to a united port system; stressing that for too long, the ports have been seen as mere revenue points, a narrative that is being changed.
Dukuly explained that the strategic plan provides a roadmap for port transformation over the next five years aligning with President Joseph Nyumah Boakai’s ARREST Agenda for Inclusive Development. He also noted that the plan is a national commitment to reform, efficiency, and inclusive growth.
The NPA Managing Director reaffirmed the Authority’s commitment to providing 15 to 20 percent of its annual revenue to a newly established Port Infrastructure Investment Fund that shall provide funding for future development of the Port. Under the RESET framework, the NPA will reform governance to empower regional ports and modernize management structures. Enhance operational efficiency through automation, digitization, and staff capacity building. Strengthen financial systems by diversifying revenue beyond single concessions. Establish an inland container terminal to ease congestion at the Freeport of Monrovia and extend trade access to Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Côte d’Ivoire.
Additionally, the strategic plan envisages the ports of Monrovia, Buchanan, Greenville, and Harper as unified, competitive, and regionally connected trade gateways and seeks to attract private capital, expand export capacity, and create jobs for thousands of Liberians.
In his keynote address, Finance and Development Planning Minister, Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan admonished the NPA to ensure that the plan is transformed into measurable results. Ngafuan asked the NPA to work hard to achieve the objectives. “We are addressing the bread-and-butter issues structurally and this plan is part of that solution.” He challenged the team at the National Port Authority to do more than just plan and make sure such a plan is implemented to help Liberia positively. “When you’re planning, thinking, or strategizing, some will think you’re doing nothing. If you do not plan well, you will fail well. It’s one thing to do the plan; it’s another to work the plan,” he added.
