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NIMASA Unveils 5-Point Agenda
Amidst insinuation in some quarters that it is yet to make public its action plan, the new management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has unveiled a five-point 10-year strategic agenda to turn around the fortunes of the maritime industry.
The 10-year strategic transformation agenda is aimed at achieving and sustaining Nigeria’s quest to have a seat in 'Category B' of the global maritime watchdog, International Maritime Organisation (IMO) at its forthcoming biennial conference in November.
It is also to allow the country have a flag with a 40 million tonnes tonnage, administer the safest and most secure maritime domain in the African continent, and achieve 100 per cent domestication and compliance to codes, convention and international best practices.
These were disclosed by the Director General of NIMASA, Mr. Temisanren Raymond Omatseye during the management’s maiden parley with maritime journalists in Lagos.
He explained that the new management team is poised to position the agency as the number one maritime regulator in Africa, besides achieving 100 per cent performance in the cabotage regime, and exercise total maritime domain awareness, through complete deployment of a Maritime Electronic Highway (MEH).
The NIMASA helmsman explained that the strategic development plan will be achieved through the implementation of a five-point agenda, which include driving indigenous economic growth in the area of coastal and inland water trade.
It also includes development of effective and efficient maritime administration, security and safety systems, and the alignment of the agency statutory coastguard functions to functions of other national security agencies
Others are the alignment of NIMASA'S role to meet the expectations of all stakeholders and the development of indigenous maritime labour and manpower.
According to Omatseye, his management team intends to facilitate an accelerated development of maritime critical infrastructure, including sufficient ship-building, repair and dry docking facilities to take care of the national fleet requirements.
He told journalists that the new NIMASA aspires to position the shipping sector to contribute a minimum of 20 per cent to the national revenue, and become a benchmark agency for excellence in public sector management and corporate governance.
Assuring that the Maritime Academy of Nigeria (MAN), Oron, Akwa Ibom State, will get its backlog of funding pending with the agency, Omatseye said that more maritime academies are required in the country, as the only academy in Oron cannot effectively cope with the manpower requirements of Nigeria.
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