He said Onileimo had showcased to the world that “Nigeria is not only endowed with natural resources but with talents”
Browsing: Dakuku Peterside
The NIMASA DG also said the MPR was an avenue to assess the progress being made by the Agency viz-a-viz its reform, restructuring and repositioning drive to ensure that the Agency’s mandate is achieved
Dr. Dakuku Peterside, the Director-General of the agency, stated this in a statement signed by the agency’s Head of Corporate Communications, Lami Tumaka and made available to newsmen in Abuja
Wike has always worked to maintain peace and stability in Rivers State. He needs stability in order to deliver service to the people, and attract even more investors to the State
The DG stressed: “The dream of NIMASA is to be a respectable voice globally on maritime issues and to be acknowledged as the most effective, most efficient, most competitive maritime administration in Africa, that is our dream. To be a maritime agency working with other stakeholders globally to protect Nigeria’s interest in the global maritime sector
Peterside made the call at a meeting with members of the National Task Force for the Implementation of the Ballast Water Management Convention 2004
According to the statement, the Director-General of NIMASA, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, stated this when he hosted representatives of major shipping companies in Nigeria under the aegis of the Shipping Association of Nigeria in his office
The statement said Peterside made the pledge while fielding questions from newsmen at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja
The statement said the three-day retreat is expected to develop strategies that would reposition NIMASA and indeed the maritime sector and draw a Medium Term Growth Strategy for the sectorThe statement said the three-day retreat is expected to develop strategies that would reposition NIMASA and indeed the maritime sector and draw a Medium Term Growth Strategy for the sector
He assured the stakeholders of his commitment to move the sector forward, adding that the agency was about to draft a Medium Term Maritime Growth Strategy to cover the next three years
The statement quoted Peterside as saying this when he led a delegation to a meeting with the United States Commercial Service, West Gulf Maritime Association and the Texas Southern University, Houston.
Peterside made this known while addressing protesting dockworkers from the ENL Terminal at the NIMASA Headquarters in Lagos.
While briefing Peterside on the reasons for their protest, the spokesman of the workers, Lekan Afolabi, said they have been working at the ENL terminal for the past 10 years without appointment letters.
Umana said his party was still reviewing the judgment, adding that there were two concurrent verdicts at the tribunal and Appeal Court, which ordered a re-run
Elections will be held in the three Senatorial Districts, 11 House of Representatives seats and 22 of the 32 state assembly seats.
Peterside disclosed this at a stakeholders meeting of the party in Port Harcourt on Saturday
According to him, the judiciary will be remembered for standing tall even in the face of unwarranted provocation and vilification by those who brazenly stole the people’s mandate during the March and April elections in Rivers State
The DSS had told the court after the arraignment of the accused that it had stumbled on some facts which took the matter out of the jurisdiction of the court
According to Peterside, education is an inalienable right of every citizen and any student on scholarship abroad must be allowed to round off his or her education irrespective of the political situation at home
The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal two weeks ago ordered a rerun of the election in 18 local government areas of the state
The PDP State chairman through a press statement by his special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Jerry Needam, said if Peterside had meant well for the state, he would happily join other well meaning Rivers State people to thank God for Wike’s vision and laudable achievements in only five months in office
The APC candidate had indicted some named and unnamed security agents and alleged that Governor Nyesom Wike used them as thugs to disrupt the election, thereby disenfranchising thousands of voters