The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency has donated relief materials to victims of the 2018 flood disaster that submerged parts of Bayelsa and displaced about 150,000 residents.
Browsing: Dakuku Peterside
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency has continued its donation of relief materials to victims affected by flood and other disasters across the country.
The Federal Government says it will continue to embark on meaningful projects that will attract development to the Niger Delta.
The representative of Rivers South-East Senatorial District, Senator Magnus Ngei Abe, has said his political relationship with Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, began at the Rivers State House of Assembly where they met as contemporaries several years ago.
Gambo Ahmed, the Director of Maritime Labour and Cabotage at the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, says enforcement of the Cabotage Act is to provide jobs for Nigerians.
Sarumi, made the appeal during the Ship Owners Association of Nigeria Annual Workshop and Dinner with the theme :“The Nigerian Maritime Industry: Galvanising stakeholders Engagement for Sustainable Growth” held in Lagos on Tuesday.
Peterside said the measure would be in line with International Maritime Organisation regulation which put a maximum of 0.5 per cent sulphur cap on all fuel used by vessels by the year 2020.
The Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency on Monday said it had started rescue operations for the 12 crew members hijacked on Saturday by pirates in Rivers.
Dr Dakuku Peterside, the Director General of NIMASA, made the call during a one-day seminar organised by the Maritime Reporters’ Association of Nigeria in Lagos.
The Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency on Wednesday said it had trained 2,337 Nigerians as seafarers to enhance the performance of the maritime industry.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the items donated included detergents, rice, noodles, cans of water, buckets, condiments and toiletries.
He said this while speaking on the 2018 budget before the Senate Committee on Marine Transport in Abuja on Thursday.
Peterside made the disclosure on Monday during the “2018 Seafarers Day” celebration held in Warri, Delta, with the theme: “Seafarers’ Wellbeing”.
Peterside, who said this in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Thursday, relied on a Supreme Court ruling of Thursday in which the apex court also adjourned the matter to December 18.
While rejecting the outcome of the last Saturday’s ward congress of the party in the state, the stakeholders said Buhari’s intervention will ameliorate the fallout of the botched ward congress of the party in the state
Peterside said this while speaking at a technical workshop on Prospects, Challenges and Opportunities for Regional Collaboration on the sidelines of the just concluded Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, Texas, United States of America.
Amaechi stated this at a reception organised by Free Rivers Development Initiative to honour him and Dr. Dakuku Peterside, Director-General, Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, in Opobo.
Peterside, who stated this while declaring open the meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Committee for the Implementation of Africa’s Integrated Maritime Strategy 2050 held in Lagos, noted that a maritime policy for Nigeria will provide a platform to implement the framework for the protection and sustainable exploitation of Africa’s Maritime Domain.
The DG gave this assurance in Lagos when the City People Media Group bestowed on him the “Award of Excellent Leadership in Public Service” at its 21st award ceremony.
The Director General of NIMASA, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, who made this known when he played host to the Director General of the BPE, Alex Okoh, at the headquarters of the Agency in Lagos on Monday, stated that shipping to an extent defines the growth trajectory of any nation, especially as it relates to seaborne commerce.