The Director-General of the Agency, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, disclosed this in Lagos following a recent three-month extension granted the 400 Nigerian seafarers undertaking sea time in different parts of the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Peterside made the disclosure on Monday during the “2018 Seafarers Day” celebration held in Warri, Delta, with the theme: “Seafarers’ Wellbeing”.
This feat has further increased the pool of Seafarers in the sector as it brings to a total of 1,045 graduates from the NSDP project, representing 42 per cent graduates of the over 2,500 NIMASA-sponsored beneficiaries
Peterside said this at the 1st Annual Lecture of Swaaya Limited, publishers of Freedom Online newspaper, with the theme: “Unemployment: How do we tame this monster?”