Amaechi extolled the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, for the initiative, saying, “This creative venture of clearing our waters of wrecks and derelicts, apart from guaranteeing better safety of navigation, opens up the prospects of many new investments in the maritime industry.
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Making the announcement on Thursday, September 23rd, 2021, in Lagos, the Chairman, Selection Committee Zik Prize 2020, Professor Pat Utomi said the capacity of the Director General to have extensively managed the restructuring, reformation and repositioning of NIMASA earned him the prestigious award.
Acting Director General of the commission, Michael Ohiani, led a team of ICRC officers to the NIMASA headquarters in Lagos to present the certificate.
Jamoh disclosed this when the executive members of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, Lagos State, led by their chairman, Mr Adeleye Ajayi, visited the NIMASA headquarters in Lagos.
The NIMASA Director General was also honoured at the event by Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal Zubairu Gambo, for ensuring civil military cohesion.
Jamoh stated this on Monday in Benin City when he led a team from the Agency on a courtesy visit to Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State in the government house. The Edo State Governor said the Benin River Port project is critical and strategic to Nigeria’s economy, noting that the State Government is willing to partner with the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, (NIMASA) to bring the project to reality.
Dr. Jamoh made the assertion when he received Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council, Hon. Emmanuel Jime, who led a delegation from the council on a courtesy visit to NIMASA at the agency’s headquarters in Lagos.
Ganduje said NIMASA’s action was also symbolic, as it would not only give the people a sense of belonging, but also motivate other organisations and individuals to come to the aid of the displaced persons.
Dr Jamoh spoke in Lagos during the graduation ceremony of pilots and other air assets trainees under the Integrated National Security and Waterways Protection Infrastructure.
The move was to augment efforts of the Federal and State Governments in dealing with the ravaging effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The agency’s Director-General, Dr Bashir Jamoh, disclosed this during a Ministerial retreat organised by the Federal Ministry of Transportation (FMOT) in Lagos.
The DG of NIMASA broke the news after a phone conversation with the President-General of the MWUN, Comrade Adewale Adeyanju
Dr. Jamoh who expressed sadness over the incident, regretted that this is happening when the Nigerian maritime industry is witnessing tremendous gains in the nation’s maritime security sphere and are getting commended for the progress both locally and internationally.
This was contained in its recently released second Quarter (Q2) 2021 report on the global reduction of piracy in 27 years in Nigeria, including the GoG region.
Dr. Jamoh made the remarks in Lagos during the graduation ceremony of officers trained to crew the Special Mission Vessels, the main maritime component of the project, also called the Integrated National Security and Waterways Protection Infrastructure.
This is in a bid to ensure the utilisation of secured statutory certificates and prevent the entry of unseaworthy and sub-standard ships into the Nigerian flag.
Dr. Bashir Jamoh, Director-General, NIMASA, made this known in a statement made available to newsmen on Saturday in Lagos.
Secretary General of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Kitack Lim said the country had made important contributions to the fight against piracy and armed robbery in the Gulf of Guinea maritime domain, foremost among them the recent launch of the Integrated National Security and Waterways Protection Infrastructure, also called the Deep Blue Project.
This came as it has been disclosed that Nigeria’s maritime trade is threatened due to the increasing war risk insurance premium now being paid by Nigeria-bound vessels.
The Agency donated educational materials to the school as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility.