Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA)

Oct182025 by Steve AzaikiNo Comments

The Technocrat’s Dilemma: Can Dakuku Peterside’s Rational Vision Transform Nigeria?

News Feature

sits at an interesting intersection of politics, public administration and management practice. Best known to many as the turnaround Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and a former federal lawmaker, Dr. Peterside in October 2025, amid Nigeria's 25th year of uninterrupted democracy marked by both triumphs and tremors, unveiled two seminal works: Leading in a Storm (published by Safari Books) and Beneath the Surface: Essays on Nigeria’s Chequered Journey (under Masobe Books' Makere imprint). Launched in high-profile events across Lagos, Abuja, London, and Chicago, these volumes distill decades of frontline experience into actionable wisdom, appraising leadership not as charisma but as calibrated competence.. Taken together they are less self-p...

HURRAY!!! DR BASHIR YUSUF JAMOH IS MARITIME MAN OF THE YEAR 2023 ***Investiture to hold in Kaduna in Feb. 2024

Maritime, News Feature

After a painstaking appraisal of critical players in the Maritime Industry in 2023, using key performance indicators and compliance with best Corporate Governance benchmarks, the Editorial Board of Maritime Media , Publishers of Nigeria's Flagship Maritime, Shipping World, have unanimously voted DR BASHIR YUSUF JAMOH, OFR as Maritime Man of the Year, 2023. TV THE MAN JAMOH AND HIS LEGACIES: Upon assumption of duty as the Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Bashir Jamoh seemed to have brought a magic wand that is turning everything around in the Nigerian maritime industry. This is perhaps not surprising as Dr Jamoh prior to his appointment as CEO of the Agency had put in nearly three decades in NIMASA nay the maritime industry. From t...

BLUE ECONOMY: PRESIDENTIAL TEAM EMBARKS ON TOUR OF MARITIME ASSETS

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As Nigeria gets set to deploy maritime security assets acquired under the Integrated National Security and Waterways Protection Infrastructure, members of the Deep Blue Project Steering Committee have visited Lagos, Warri, Benin, and Onne to inspect the assets at the various locations. The delegation, led by Minister of Defence, Maj-Gen. Bashir Salihi Magashi (rtd), included Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi, and Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok Ekwe Ibas. They were accompanied by Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Bashir Jamoh, and other members of the presidential committee on the inspection tour meant to confirm the readiness of the maritime assets for deployment. The committee members who expressed optim...