*Bashir Jamoh: The man who broke the CVFF jinx* By Pius Mordi
He was not there in 1985 when one-time Minister of Transport, late Major General Ibrahim Gumel, decided to liquidate the Nigerian National Shipping Line (NNSL). With that singular decision, the country's classification as a ship owning nation, a status that had been sustained since 1959, disappeared overnight. Nigeria's ownership of a national carrier that at a time had about 21 sea-going vessels evaporated over night.
Today, he is pioneering and assiduously driving the building of another indigenous fleet of vessels. But he is avoiding the missteps of the past. Unlike in the past when NNSL got the lion share of the Ship Acquisition and Ship Building Fund (SASBF) administered by then National Maritime Authority as Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) was then know...