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Aug252022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

HARNESSING NIGERIA’S MARITIME ASSETS: PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE A FOURTH ANNIVERSARY BOOK REVIEW BY SULEIMAN HARUNA ADAMA,

The 4th Anniversary of the book launch; Harnessing Nigeria’s Maritime Assets: Past, Present and Future authored by Dr. Bashir Yusuf Jamoh, the amiable Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), the apex Maritime regulatory and promotional agency in Nigeria is on 28th August 2022. My passion for this book was enhanced not only because I am a Maritime Scholar and researcher, but also that I was featured in the book (via a picture taken together at an international Maritime function in Abuja) and a copy of the book autographed to me by the author, who is also a friend and a former colleague at Nimasa. This review is particularly significant at this time as the author by providence, fate or divine, and dint of hard work is the current DG of Nimasa, ...

Aug222022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Lekki port project to provide about 112, 000 jobs to Nigerians – Sambo said

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The Minister of Transport, Alhaji Muazu Sambo, has said that the Lekki deep-sea port project would create 112,000 jobs to Nigerians upon its completion. Sambo gave the declaration on Sunday in Jalingo the headquarters of Taraba state while speaking with newsmen. The Minister said the port, which is second in Nigeria after One Deep-Sea Port would bring more tonnage, and revenue to the port and the country. He further said the importance of the project would impact positively on the nation’s economy. “The Lekki deep-sea port project which is the second after Onne Deep Sea Port in Nigeria. “It is significant because the largest ships in the world can berth at the Port. “That means, more tonnage, more cargo, more revenue for the port and for the country, more economic activit...

Aug192022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Press Freedom, a panacea For Good Governance, Development, Says Diri

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Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has said there is an intricate link between a free press and good governance and development of any society. Governor Diri stated this on Thursday at the Government House, Yenagoa, during the courtesy visit of the Director-General of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), Dr. Mansur Liman. He stressed that in recognition of the important role of the media, his administration has ensured that the press in the state operated without interference. The governor noted that the media had the responsibility of keeping government on it toes, especially through balanced reportage and constructive criticism. Diri stated that his administration also understands that partnering the media goes a long way rather than gagging it. While ...

Aug172022 by Regent YoumorNo Comments

JAMOH TO CHAIR MARITIME EDITORS’ CONFERENCE

Maritime, News Feature

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Bashir Jamoh will chair the the League of Maritime Editors and Publishers (LOMEP) One-day workshop/seminar scheduled to take place at the Administrative Staff Colleage of Nigeria (ASCON), TOPO, Badagry on Thursday, August 25th, 2022 by 11am promt. In the same vein, the sole lecture of the day will be delivered by Mr Charles Okerefe, a time tested maritime resource person, writer, publiher and maritime teacher at the Nigerian Maritime University, Okerenkoko, Delta State. Okerefe will be speaking on, "The role of technology in trade facilitation and smuggling suppression." Other guests at expected at the occasion include Otunba Kunle Folarin, Chairman of the National Seafarers Welfare Board o...

Aug162022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

1700 Abandoned NDDC Projects In Bayelsa Unacceptable …Gov Diri

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Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has said more than 1700 abandoned projects of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) litter different parts of the state, a situation he described as unacceptable. Some of the abandoned projects include the Angalabiri-Ebedebiri-Toru-Orua shore protection project captured in the commission’s 2020 budget, the Sabagreia-Polaku bridge as well as the Akenfa bridge among others. Governor Diri spoke on Tuesday when the NDDC Interim Administrator, Dr Akwa Effiong, visited him in Government House, Yenagoa. The Bayelsa governor noted that the non-collaboration of the commission with catchment states that would advise on priority projects has led to duplication and abandonment of projects. Diri also called on President Muhammadu Buhari to...

Aug142022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

CVFF DISBURSEMENT: FG MAY SEEK ASSISTANCE FROM KENYA SHIPYARD…JAMOH.

Maritime, News Feature

Nigerian Shipowners may soon heave a sigh of relief as the Federal Government may have unveiled a new road map that may see them actualizing their dreams of becoming ship owners under the Cabotage Vessel Financing Fund, CBFF,sooner than later. Speaking on a Live program on Inspiration 92.3Fm Lagos, Shipping on Radio, last Thursday, Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Dr Bashir Jamoh revealed that nine primary lending institutions (banks) were listed for the disbursement of the Cabotage Vessels Financing Fund , CVFF by the Governing Board of NIMASA, and been forwarded to the Minister of Transportation. But Jamoh said the Agency is trying to avoid the previous pitfalls experienced under the Ship Building and Acquisition Fund when beneficiaries d...

Aug92022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Pictorial of Timipre Sylva’s visit to Gov Douye Diri…in Yenagoa yesterday

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Pictures of Timipre Sylva's visit to Gov Douye Diri in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State (more…)

Aug92022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Oil Theft, Serious Threat To Niger Delta, Says Diri As Timipre Sylva Comes Visiting

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Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has assured of the state’s collaboration to tackle the menace of oil theft, which he says poses a serious threat to the Niger Delta region. (more…)

Aug72022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

DR GEORGE MOGHALU:WHEN A LOKOJA BOY COMES TO LAGOS.

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Dr George Moghalu, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the National Inland Waterways Authority, NIWA, is one out of the few Nigerians who 'benefited ' from the late passage of the electoral Act. This is because the electoral Act currently in force requires that public office holders must quit their respective offices at least three months before seeking to contest an elections. Luckily or unluckily for George , he lost the race for Anambra Government House and yet retained his seat as the Chief Executive Officer at NIWA .But those of us close to George Moghalu know him as a man who hardly gives up . Moghalu comes from a clan of very successful and accomplished technocrats. His appointment two years ago as helmsman of NIWA, therefore , did not come as a surprise to those ...

Aug72022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

STAKEHOLDERS KNOCK BELLO KOKO’S 30% REBATE FOR EASTERN PORTS BOUND VESSELS…

News Feature, Port News

Importers doubt NPA'S Sincerity. Discordant tunes weekend greeted NPA'S planned 30 per cent incentive for vessels destined for the Eastern Ports as part of plans to decongest the Western Ports of Tin can and Apapa. Helmsman of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Mohammed Bello Koko had last week in Port Harcourt, during a meeting with Stakeholders, unfolded plans by his management to "increase tariff relief by as much as 30 per cent for service providers as part of a multi pronged approach to attract more vessels and cargo traffic to the Eastern Ports " But in a sharp reaction, stakeholders who spoke with our correspondent likened Bello Koko's comments to an electoral promise which they said would end up in a trash can, as was in the past.Said an Aba based importer who did not want his name m...