Harboursandport.com: Lagos --- African maritime leaders are
to chart a way forward for the continent as they gather in Egypt next week for
the 4th edition of the African Maritime Administrations (AAMA).
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| Director General of NIMASA, Dr. Dakuku Peterside |
The conference with the theme
“protecting the African Marine Environment to Support Sustainable Development”
is scheduled to hold from 16th -19th of
September 2018.
Chairman of AAMA, Dr. Dakuku Peterside
who played host to a delegation of Gambian Maritime Administration, led by its Director-General
Mr. Mustapher Maroung, said that NIMASA would continue to drive regional
collaborations in order for Africa to reap the benefits of the blue economy.
Peterside has stressed that regional collaboration is key to developing Africa’s maritime sector, stating the Agency’s commitment to continue to reposition the Nigerian maritime sector in order to make it viable and compete favourably with its counterparts in other climes, as Nigeria, S/Africa, Ghana and Kenya get set for collaboration.
“We cannot walk this journey alone; partnership is crucial to achieving a robust economy. The beauty of partnership is that everyone brings their expertise to the table where ideas are shared and considered as a way forward to achieving a particular goal; it is not only here in Nigeria, it has become a global trend and this is what AAMA seeks to achieve for the continent” Peterside stated.
Speaking further, he noted that the Agency is in discussions with the Maritime Administrations of South Africa, Ghana and Kenya to acquire and jointly operate a training vessel for Cadets. He also noted that discussions are still at the early stages but he is hopeful that such partnership agreement will be beneficial to the countries, adding that the AAMA conference would be an avenue to continue discussions in the proposed agreement.
Peterside has stressed that regional collaboration is key to developing Africa’s maritime sector, stating the Agency’s commitment to continue to reposition the Nigerian maritime sector in order to make it viable and compete favourably with its counterparts in other climes, as Nigeria, S/Africa, Ghana and Kenya get set for collaboration.
“We cannot walk this journey alone; partnership is crucial to achieving a robust economy. The beauty of partnership is that everyone brings their expertise to the table where ideas are shared and considered as a way forward to achieving a particular goal; it is not only here in Nigeria, it has become a global trend and this is what AAMA seeks to achieve for the continent” Peterside stated.
Speaking further, he noted that the Agency is in discussions with the Maritime Administrations of South Africa, Ghana and Kenya to acquire and jointly operate a training vessel for Cadets. He also noted that discussions are still at the early stages but he is hopeful that such partnership agreement will be beneficial to the countries, adding that the AAMA conference would be an avenue to continue discussions in the proposed agreement.
He stated further that the partnership
with the United Arab Emirate on free training of 100 cadets would support the
country, noting that the pact provides for the training of 10 cadets per annum
spread over 10 years, making it a total number of 100 cadets to be trained in
10 years, contrary to the negative news making the rounds.
A statement signed by head of Corporate Communications of NIMASA, Isichei Osamgbi, pointed out that the NIMASA boss also used the opportunity to shed more light on the issue of the disbursement of the Cabotage Vessel Financing Fund (CVFF), assuring that in the shortest period of time, the guidelines for the disbursement of the fund will be publicised for qualified shipowners to be duly considered. He however maintained that the power to grant approval for the release of the funds was vested in the Federal Ministry of Transportation.
Earlier in his remarks, the DG of the Gambia Maritime Administration, Mr. Mustapher Maroung said commended the activities of NIMASA. He said that the Gambian Maritime has come to learn from the Agency and are willing to collaborate with Nigeria for the growth of Africa’s blue economy.
It may be recalled that the NIMASA DG at a Press Conference held in Lagos recently addressed topical issues on the activities of the Agency intended to ensure the growth of the maritime sector, where he assured the public that NIMASA will remain focused on its mandate of ensuring a robust economy.
Also, since inception of the Dr. Dakuku Peterside’s led administration, NIMASA has embraced collaboration as a means of realizing its mandates, which has helped in achieving several strides in growing the nation’s maritime sector and by extension the Nigerian economy.
A statement signed by head of Corporate Communications of NIMASA, Isichei Osamgbi, pointed out that the NIMASA boss also used the opportunity to shed more light on the issue of the disbursement of the Cabotage Vessel Financing Fund (CVFF), assuring that in the shortest period of time, the guidelines for the disbursement of the fund will be publicised for qualified shipowners to be duly considered. He however maintained that the power to grant approval for the release of the funds was vested in the Federal Ministry of Transportation.
Earlier in his remarks, the DG of the Gambia Maritime Administration, Mr. Mustapher Maroung said commended the activities of NIMASA. He said that the Gambian Maritime has come to learn from the Agency and are willing to collaborate with Nigeria for the growth of Africa’s blue economy.
It may be recalled that the NIMASA DG at a Press Conference held in Lagos recently addressed topical issues on the activities of the Agency intended to ensure the growth of the maritime sector, where he assured the public that NIMASA will remain focused on its mandate of ensuring a robust economy.
Also, since inception of the Dr. Dakuku Peterside’s led administration, NIMASA has embraced collaboration as a means of realizing its mandates, which has helped in achieving several strides in growing the nation’s maritime sector and by extension the Nigerian economy.
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