There are indications that Nigeria does not
have accurate report on the number of port facilities that currently exit
in the country. The United States Coast Guard report on Nigeria’s
compliance with the International Ship and Ports Facility Security (ISPS) Code
noted that Nigeria as a contracting government to the convention does not know
the total number of facilities where the code applies. According to the report,
Nigeria has not been able to set security levels for its port facilities due to
the fact that it does not know the number of these facilities. The report read
in part “It is unclear as to whether the contracting government is aware of the