The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency has offered explanation on why its Director General, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, did not honour the invitation of the National Assembly Joint Committee investigating the activities of foreign vessel owners.
The Committee had, based on Dakuku’s request, given the DG a March 3, 2020 date for him to appear before it.
However, the Committee was miffed when Dakuku again sent a representative to the hearing.
The delegation was not attended to by the committee.
Giving explanation in a statement on what happened, the spokesman of NIMASA, Isichei Osamgbi, said Peterside led other Management staff of the Agency to receive members of the House Committee on Maritime Safety Education and Administration who were on oversight visit to the Agency in Lagos.
Osamgbi added: “It is noteworthy that due to the clash of both schedules, NIMASA Management communicated same to the National Assembly joint committee investigating activities of foreign vessel owners in the country requesting for a change of date.
“However, a member of the Executive Management, the Executive Director Maritime Labour and Cabotage Services Mr Gambo Ahmed led the high powered team to represent the Agency.
NIMASA Management respects the National Assembly and will always respond to invitation from them.”
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