Ramalan, Pioneer NIMASA Chairman, mourns former NMA DG, Ferdinand Agu

NMA DG, Ferdinand Agu

Pioneer Board Chairman the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, (NIMASA), Alhaji (Dr.) Ahmed Tijjani Ramalan, has expressed his rude shock upon receiving the sad news of the sudden tragic passing of Architect Ferdinand Agu, a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Authority (as NIMASA was then named), and former Senior Special Assistant to the President in the Office of the Secretary of the Government of the Federation, (SGF).

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A statement issued on Saturday by the  NIMASA pioneer Chairman, said Ferdy, as he was fondly called by his friends and colleagues, lamented that the then Nigerian Maritime Authority, (NMA), under a new leadership could not tap or harness the enormous resource reservoir in Ferdinand Agu  before he passed on.

Ramalan said Ferdinand Agu was a patriot, a Pan-Nigerian and a leading light in the affairs of men women in the Nigerian maritime world .

He said, “The Late Ferdinand Agu, former DG of NMA, passed almost 30 days after the NIMASA-sponsored Stakeholders Engagement to usher in the New NIMASA Director-General Dr. Dayo Moberiola and his Executive Directors. I sat next  to Ferdi during the event for several hours brainstorming  how to support the new Executive Management of NIMASA in all areas of their regulatory mandates”.

In his lifetime, this iconic and legendary Nigerian Maritime Czar had, and still has, friends spread across all the geo- political zones and divides of Nigeria.

“He was a Nationalist and father, friend, brother and benefactor to many Nigerians too numerous to count in this great sector.

While we pray that the Almighty God will grant the soul of Architect Ferdinand Agu an eternal rest in his bosom, we urge the bereaved to accept with serenity the things we cannot change”.

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