MARITIME
DEEP BLUE PROJECT: HOUSE COMMITTEE PROFFERS OTHER WINDOWS OF FUNDING, COMMENDS NIMASA …We are committed to sustainability- MOBEREOLA
Honorable Uduak Odudoh, the Acting Chairman of the House Committee on Maritime Safety, Education and Administration, Honourable Uduak Odudoh thas called for alternate sources of funding for the Federal Government Integrated National Security and Waterways Protection Infrastructure Project, also known as the Deep Blue Project, which is domiciled under the Federal Ministry of Marine and […]
JAPA: SIFAX Boss Advocates Review of Doctors’ Salary
Dr. Taiwo Afolabi, Chairman, SIFAX Group, has called on the government to improve the remuneration of health workers in the country in order to stem the tide of migration of doctors and other health workers out of Nigeria.While speaking at his investiture as the Chancellor of Gerar University of Medical Sciences, Imope-Ijebu, Ogun state, Afolabi […]
SHIPPERS’ COUNCIL PLACES NON-OIL EXPORT BUSINESS ON FRONT BURNER IN LINE WITH RENEWED HOPE AGENDA
The management of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council has reiterated unalloyed commitment in diversifying the economy through non-oil export business in accordance with the Federal Government Renewed Hope Agenda. Executive Secretary/ CEO, NSC, Barr. Pius Akutah, MON, declared this when he led the agency’s management team on a two- day working visit to Port Harcourt and […]
MARINE AND BLUE ECONOMY INTEGRITY GROUP APPLAUDS NASS’ QUEST TO AMEND NIGERIAN SHIPPERS’ COUNCIL ACT
Worried by the myriads of atrocities being perpetrated by a good number of stakeholders in the maritime industry, which have resulted to the loss of billions of Naira every year, the National Assembly has decided to empower the national maritime economic regulator with a new Act to checkmate these irregularities. Having commenced the process of […]
IMO WOMEN IN MARITIME DAY -NIMASA CELEBRATES NIGERIAN WOMEN STAKEHOLDERS
The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dayo Mobereola, during the 2024 commemoration of the International Day for Women in Maritime in Lagos, commended the contributions of Nigerian women to the development of the maritime sector. A press statement signed by Head of Public Relations, NIMASA, Assistant Director, Osagie […]
CUSTOMS CG, ADENIYI RAISING LEADERSHIP BAR, TOURSHUAWEI HQ, LANTAN PORT IN SHENZHEN
The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs (CGC), Adewale Adeniyi, on Thursday, 9 May 2024, led his team to the Headquarters of Huawei, a famous information and communications technology company in Shenzhen, China, where he discussed opportunities embedded in Nigeria Customs Service Trade Modernisation Project. His visit to Huawei Headquarters was part of his official visit […]
NIMASA LAUNCHES REVIEWED MINIMUM WAGE DOCUMENT FOR SEAFARERS
● We will promote an equitable Maritime Labour industry – Mobereola. The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has launched the reviewed minimum wage document for Nigerian Seafarers, developed in line with the provisions of the Maritime Labour Convention MLC 2006. The document, which is for 2023-2025, is a product of a Collective Bargaining […]
PRESIDENT TINUBU COMMISSIONS FUNTUA INLAND DRY PORT
…Charges Nigerian Shippers’ Council to complete pending ones President Bola Ahmed Tinubu last Thursday commissioned the Funtua Inland Dry Port located in Funtua, Katsina State after some years of bureaucratic bottlenecks. Explaining the immense economic benefits of the new Inland Dry Port, President Tinubu noted that it would grant importers and exporters located within inland […]
‘RENEWED HOPE’ ASSURANCE: DG, NIMASA, MOBEREOLA PROMISES MARITIME STAKEHOLDERS OF INCLUSIVITY
…Our desire is sustainable development – Stakeholders The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr. Dayo Mobereola has assured stakeholders in the Nigerian maritime sector of inclusivity in developing the Marine and Blue Economy for the benefit of Nigerians. The DG, who made this assertion during an interactive session with […]
PORT CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL BACKS SHIPPERS’ COUNCIL ON COLLECTION OF 1% FREIGHT STABILIZATION FEE
The Nigerian Port Consultative Council (NPCC), has declared its support for the Nigerian Shippers’ Council’s move for self collection of one percent freight stabilization fee. The Chairman of the NPPC, Mr. Bolaji Sunmola, stated this when he led members of the group on a courtesy visit to the Council’s Headquarters in Lagos last week. Sumaila […]