{"id":1668,"date":"2019-09-18T10:00:38","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T09:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shippingworld-ng.com\/?p=1668"},"modified":"2019-09-18T10:00:41","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T09:00:41","slug":"wista-takes-campaign-for-women-in-maritime-to-anambra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shippingworld-ng.com\/index.php\/2019\/09\/18\/wista-takes-campaign-for-women-in-maritime-to-anambra\/","title":{"rendered":"WISTA Takes Campaign for Women in Maritime to Anambra"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u00b7       \nDonates\nSpeedboat, Fishing Accessories to Aguleri Women<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7       \nLauds\nNIMASA\u2019s Support for Maritime Women <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Women’s\nInternational Shipping and Trading Association (WISTA) has donated a speedboat\nand some fishing accessories to the women of Omabala Na Esu Fishers Association\nof Aguleri, in Anambra State. President of WISTA Nigeria, Mrs. Mary Madu\nHamman, said the donations were part of the organisation\u2019s drive to inspire\nmore women participation in the maritime industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hamman\nsaid she was in Aguleri with her team of WISTA officials to lend a hand in\ngrowing the trade of the fisher folks and encourage them to tap into the vast\nopportunities in the maritime industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to her, \u201cNigeria is concerned about the women\nin Aguleri community who are known for fishing and marketing. WISTA is proud to\nassociate with them and also help them grow their business activities. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe maritime sector has a lot of opportunities yet to\nbe tapped into by women.\u201d <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

She\nstressed the need for women in Aguleri community to send their daughters to\nschool and also encouraged them to study courses relevant to the maritime\nindustry so that they could tap into the resources in the maritime industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nWISTA Nigeria president, who is also Assistant Director, Shipping Promotion, at\nthe Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), commended the\nAgency\u2019s efforts, under the Dr. Dakuku Peterside-led management, to support\nwomen in the maritime industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Mary
Mary Hamman at Aguleri<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNIMASA\nhas been a huge support and dependable ally for WISTA and women in the maritime\nindustry generally,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hamman\nstated further, \u201cThis is not the first time that WISTA Nigeria is\nempowering women. Similar gestures have been carried out in Epe, Lagos State,\nand in Oron, Akwa Ibom State. These are all geared towards ensuring that the\nlives of women are touched. We also aim to enlighten them on the golden\nopportunities yet to be tapped in the maritime industry.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

She\nannounced that WISTA Nigeria would soon be in Enugu State for a similar\nexercise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The First Lady of Anambra State, Mrs. Ebelechukwu Obiano, who received the items on behalf of the women, expressed gratitude to WISTA for the philanthropic gesture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Mary
Mary Hamman at Aguleri2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Mrs. Obiano, who was represented by Dr. Ifeoma Madukasi, said, \u201cI want to show my sincere appreciation to WISTA Nigeria for taking out time to impact on the lives of the women in Aguleri and also thank them for encouraging and enlightening the women in Aguleri to tap into the opportunities in the maritime industry. Today is a day that history and the women of Aguleri will not forget so easily because, as you can see, today is a new dawn for women in Aguleri.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

·        Donates Speedboat, Fishing Accessories to Aguleri Women ·        Lauds NIMASA’s Support for Maritime Women Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association (WISTA) has donated a speedboat and some fishing accessories to the women of Omabala Na Esu Fishers Association of Aguleri, in Anambra State. President of WISTA Nigeria, Mrs. Mary Madu Hamman, said the donations […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,173,145],"tags":[171,102,37,411],"class_list":["post-1668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-news-feature","category-press-release","tag-anambra","tag-maritime","tag-nimasa","tag-wista"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shippingworld-ng.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shippingworld-ng.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shippingworld-ng.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shippingworld-ng.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shippingworld-ng.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1668"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/shippingworld-ng.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1672,"href":"https:\/\/shippingworld-ng.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1668\/revisions\/1672"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shippingworld-ng.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shippingworld-ng.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shippingworld-ng.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shippingworld-ng.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}