Harboursandport.com: Lagos - All is set for the 3rd edition of the African Marine Environment Sustainable Initiative (AFMESI) as Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, and the Minister of State for Transportation, Gbemisola Saraki will lead maritime stakeholders and industry experts to the 3rd edition of the summit on Thursday, this week.
Founder of AFMESI, Dr. Felicia Chinwe Mogo |
Godswill Akpabio will be the Chairman of the Day, while Saraki will be the keynote speaker in the event which holds at Four Points by Sheraton, Victoria Island, Lagos on October 7th, 2021 by 10am.
The event themed: "African Blue World: Which Way To Go?" has the
Chairman, House Committee on Maritime and Education, Linda Ikpeazu as the
Special Guest of Honour; the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime
Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh as the Chief Host;
and the Chairman of Starz Group, Engr. Greg Ogbeifun is slated as a Guest of
Honour.
According to the Founder of AFMESI, Dr. Felicia Chinwe Mogo, the one-day event
would feature several pertinent maritime topics such as; Impact Of Security And
Piracy in Maritime Business; Integrated Ocean Management, Science And
Governance; Ocean Science And Governance In Marine Environment; Accounting For
The Values And Wealth Of The Maritime; and Africa’s position within various
ocean-related international laws (int'l).
The topics would be discussed by high profile panelists, including;
Dr. Pierre Failer, a professor of Economics at the University of Portsmouth,
United Kingdom and Director, Centre for Blue Governance; Prof. Susan Kholeif, a
Marine Geologist, Oceanographer and Ecologist at the National Institute of
Oceanography & Fisheries, Egypt; Prof. Rasheed Sumaila, Professor,
Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries Economics Research Unit, Ocean Canada
Partnership; Maj-Gen India Garba (Rtd), a trained Combatant, Strategist
Logistician, Administrator and Member of AFMESI Advisory Board; Prof.
Kelly Hoareau, Director, Blue Economy Research Institute, Seychelles.
Others include; The
Kenyan High Commissioner to Nigeria, His Excellency Wilfred Machage; Nigeria's
Co-Champion for AfCFTA on Transportation, Madam Funmi Folorunsho. the
President of African Women in Maritime (WIMAFRICA) and Principal Counsel,
Jean-Chiazor&Co (Ofianyi Chambers), Barr. Jean-Chiazor Anishere (SAN);
In its previous annual conferences, AFMESI, a non-profit organization, availed
the maritime sector of robust platforms for holistic deliberations on sustainable
approaches in managing the nation's marine environment for optimum value.
Recall that at the last event the Nigerian government and other African nations
were urged to address the menace of plastic pollution on the marine environment
from the producing companies.
Mogo, who retired as the Director of Marine Environment Management (MEM) at NIMASA, is a seasoned technocrat with over three decades experience in the Nigerian public sector, having started as one of the pioneer staff of the then Federal Environmental Protection Agency (FEPA) that metamorphosed into Federal Ministry Environment, from Federal Ministry of Environment she was invited to Bureau for Public service Reforms (BPSR) then under the Presidency as one of the reform champions to kick start the Bureau after undergoing training. After 2 years she returned to the Federal Ministry of Environment until her service was requested for by NIMASA.
As a veteran, she has been a member of Nigeria’s delegation to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and United Nations meetings, which has given her immense visibility that has earned the country recognition. She had chaired sessions at IMO, developed four IMO documents to the credit of Nigeria, and was a Member of the United Nations Group of Experts on scientific aspects of marine Environment Protection (GESAMP).
She currently secured the Chair of the correspondence group on marine litter
management of the scientific groups' meetings on London convention and protocol
of IMO for Nigeria. She is a negotiation team member of Abidjan Convention
Secretariat on the Management of Coastal and Marine Environment of the Regional
Seas of West and Central African for the Region.
Mogo is also fondly remembered at NIMASA where she championed a number of
industry developments on marine environment management such as the blue economy
agenda, the Marine Litter Action Plan, Ballast Water control, Carbon capture
utilization, and Storage (CCUS), among others.
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