To properly channel the synergy of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and the Nigerian Navy to achieve a welcoming environment for investment in the Blue Economy, the two organs of government have announced the inauguration of an eight-man committee.
The Flag Officer Commanding (FOC West), Rear Admiral Mustapha Hassan, who inaugurated the eight-man committee charged them to come up with policies to create a welcoming maritime environment for investment in the Nigerian Blue Economy.
Membership of the committee on the Navy side, includes Rear Admiral Mustapha Hassan, FOC; Western Naval Command; Cdre K.O. Oguntuga; Commander NNS Beecroft; Cdre N.S. Kaman; COO Western Naval Command and Captain A. U. Tijani.
The committee members representing NIMASA are, Director Deep Blue Project, Chief Otonye Obom; Head Shipping Development, Kurahson Inuwa; Head, ISPS, Isa Mudi; and Deputy Director, Cabotage Services, Aisha Dangote.
Recall that the NIMASA’s Director General, Doctor Bashir Jamoh, during a visit by a delegation from the Nigerian Navy to the agency’s headquarters in Lagos recently, had announced the constitution of an eight-man committee, comprising four each from the Navy and NIMASA.