Tag: NIMASA

“NIMASA has lost focus; needs urgent rescue” — Director

Aminu Imam

..Says it’s a mere contract awarding agency  A Director at the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has said the agency, under its former Director-General Bashir Jamoh, “totally lost focus” and is need of “urgent rescue”. The Director, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said over the past four years, NIMASA abandoned its core mandates and became a mere contract awarding agency to the detriment of the maritime sector. According to him, “You only hear about the Deep Blue Project but we all know that project was the brainchild…

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‘NIMASA, NPA dollarisation of charges will affect petrol pump price’ – Oil marketers

Aminu Imam

Major downstream marketers under the umbrella of the Major Energies Marketers Association of Nigeria, (MEMAN), have raised alarm that the country may face more challenges in the petroleum products distribution and supply chain, going by the current foreign exchange market intricacies. The Executive Secretary of the Association, Clement Isong, made this known at a media forum organised by the association on Thursday, in Lagos. Isong lamented that the market and Nigerians will bear the final brunt of Government policy that allows Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA ) and the Nigerian Maritime…

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NIMASA refutes over N1.5tr, dollars fraud allegation against its DG

Aminu Imam

Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, (NIMASA), has denied the allegation of the sum of N1.5 trillion and nine million dollars payment into the personal account of the NIMASA Director-General/Chief Executive, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, by mischief makers on social media. NIMASA made this disclosure in a statement signed by the Agency’s Assistant Director, Public Relations, Osagie Edward following which is titled “Re: Social media campaign of calumny against NIMASA DG”. The statement read: “Our attention has been drawn to a video in circulation with allegations by some faceless people levelled…

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Encomiums, as NIMASA Boss, Bashir Jamoh emerges ‘Maritime Man of the Year 2023’

Aminu Imam

Director-General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, has been bestowed with the prestigious “Maritime Man of the Year” award by Maritime Media Limited, even as dignitaries who gathered at his investiture, which held at Eko Hotel and Suites on Wednesday, described him as the best export Nigeria has to offer in the maritime industry. Blazing the trail of stakeholders’ commendation on Dr Jamoh, Executive Governor of Kaduna State, Uba Sani, who was represented by Senator Lawal Silver, described the NIMASA boss as the best export…

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Tinubu sacks NIMASA, NPA directors, appoints fresh hands

Aminu Imam

President Bola Tinubu has appointed some Executive Directors for the Nigerian Ports Authority, (NPA) and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, (NIMASA). Both agencies are under the Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy. According to a statement issued by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Ajuri Ngelale, yesterday, for the Nigerian Ports Authority, Ms. Vivian C. Richard Edet was appointed Executive Director, Finance and Administration, while Engr. Olalekan Badmus is the Executive Director of Marine and Operations. Engr. Ibrahim Abba Umar would serve as…

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NIMASA Act amendment Bill passes First Reading at Senate

Aminu Imam

 The Bill to amend the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA Act has passed the first reading on the Floor of the Nigerian Senate. Chairman Senate Committee on Marine Transport, Senator Wasiu Sanni Eshinlokun, who announced this during a working visit by the committee to NIMASA operational offices in Lagos noted that the senate of the tenth assembly is committed to formulating policies that will ensure Nigerians enjoy the benefits of the blue economy. Speaking further, the Committee Chairman averred that a constructive evaluation of the existing maritime legal…

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Presidency declares NIMASA as ‘Best Federal MDA in Digital Transformation’

Aminu Imam

The Presidency, through the Bureau of Public Service Reforms, (BPSR), has declared the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA as the best Federal Government Agency in Digital Transformation. The Director-General, BPSR, who conveyed the Presidential award to NIMASA management, also announced that the DG/CEO NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh (OFR) has been nominated to receive the distinguished ‘GovTech Trailblazers’ award, for providing exemplary leadership. The BPSR also announced that the awards were as a result of a nationwide nomination and online voting process initiated by the Bureau, as well as…

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Digital Transformation; NIMASA named best federal agency by BPSR

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Presidency through the Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR), has declared the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), as the best Federal Government agency in digital transformation. Mr Osagie Edward, Assistant Director, Public Relations, NIMASA, said this in a statement in Lagos on Wednesday. Edwards said that the Director-General, BPSR who conveyed the presidential award to NIMASA management, also announced that Dr Bashir Jamoh, Director-General NIMASA would also be honoured. “Jamoh was nominated to receive the distinguished GovTech Trailblazers award for providing exemplary leadership. “The BPSR also announced…

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SAFETY: NIMASA aides LAWMA with 1,800 protective kits

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has donated 1800 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to street sweepers of the Lagos Waste Management Authority in Lagos. This is contained in a statement issued by Mrs Folashade Kadiri, Director, Public Affairs, LAWMA, and made available to newsmen on Friday in Lagos. Kadiri said that the Managing Director/CEO of LAWMA, Dr. Muyiwa Gbadegesin, appreciated the gesture, describing it as the beginning of a robust partnership between both agencies. He said that the kits comprised 600 reflective jackets, 600 face masks and 600…

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‘Capsized Seplat oil rig operating illegally on Nigerian waters since 2016’ – NIMASA

Aminu Imam

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, (NIMASA), have revealed that the oil rig that capsized on Tuesday at Ovhor in Warri, Delta State, had been illegally operating in Nigerian waters since 2016. In a press statement issued on Wednesday by the agency’s Head of Public Relations, Osagie Edward, it stated that the Majestic Rig, owned by Depthwize Nigeria Limited, had been operating without the necessary regulatory approvals since 2016. According to him, NIMASA has sent a team to the scene of the incident comprised of Search and Rescue and…

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