The attention of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has been drawn to the misinformation making the round in media, particularly online platforms, that there is an ongoing recruitment exercise in the Agency. It is imperative to state, in the interest of the unsuspecting public, that the Agency has
Read More
By ORU LEONARD The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has introduced new NIMASA Cabotage Compliance Strategy (NCCS) towards the actualisation of a successful coastal and inland trade regime. This is in continuation of its quest to ensure full implementation of the Cabotage Act, 2003 for the benefits of Nigerians, Speaking with
Read More
By JAMES EZEMA The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday gave reasons for the slashing of the Lagos-Ibadan highway budget in the 2017 budget of Nigeria. Minister of Works, Power and Housing Babatunde Fashola had raised the alarm that the National Assembly slashed N11billion off the N31billion approved in
Read More
By SUNDAY AGBO, Abakliki Hundreds of tricycle operators on Wednesday besieged the Ebonyi State Government House, Abakaliki to protest what they described as excessive taxation by the state government task force. The protest, which halted both human and vehicular movement along the ever busy Ogoja road lasted for over 1 hour. The operators also protested against
Read More
By ORU LEONARD … Seeks MoU on Capacity Building The Chairman of the Association of African Maritime Administration (AAMA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has called for increased representation of the continent on the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Council and its Secretariat. Dakuku who made the appeal when he led a delegation of some members of
Read More
By ORU LEONARD The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Dakuku Peterside, has listed what he termed game changers that will make Ports on the African continent to be globally competitive to include investment in world class infrastructure, strengthen Regulatory Frameworks:, Enhance Institutional Cooperation, implementation of one-stop
Read More
Oru Leonard,Abuja The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Pastor Usani Uguru Usani has said that he was working in collaboration with the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udoma Udo Udoma to ensure more budgetary allocation for the East-West Road project. Usani stated this at a meeting with the Managing Director of
Read More
By ORU LEONARD …as Agency receives Award of Public Organization of the year 2016 The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has stated that the Agency will ensure that Nigerians benefit optimally from shipping and also assured that the maritime domain will be
Read More
By ORU LEONARD The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Dakuku Peterside has said the on-going construction of the multi-billion dollar Egina Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) project will increase the knowledge base of NIMASA as a safety Administration and enhance its regulatory capacity. The
Read More
By ORU LEONARD The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has emerged the winner of the 2016 Public Organization of the year award organized by TELL Magazine Nigeria Limited. During a recent visit to the Director General of NIMASA, Dr. Dakuku Peterside to inform him of the award, the Chairman, Awards
Read More