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Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr Bashir Jamoh OFR, receiving his medallion as Officer of the Federal Republic (OFR) from President Muhammadu Buhari. At a reception held in his honor, the Director General of the Nigeria  Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr Bashir Jamoh (OFR) dedicated his national merit award of Officer  of the Federal Republic  to all maritime industry stakeholders who according to him have worked tirelessly to ensure that the industry serves its purpose.   “I want to dedicate this award to the industry stakeholders, with whom we have been working tirelessly to ensure that we try to improve on the wellbeing of the industry. “I also dedicate this award to the joint industry, the international community and to say that we’ll continue to work hard, tirelessly to ensure that our own maritime waterways is safe and secure.   Jamoh thanked the Minister of Transportation, Muazu Jaji Samb...

The honourable Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Jaji Sambo, has stated that Maritime Workers are vital not only to the maritime industry but to  Nigeria's economy as a whole.  The Minister stated this when the President, Maritime Workers' Union of Nigeria (MWUN), Comrade Adewale Adeyanju, led his Executive Council on a courtesy visit to the minister in Abuja recently. He stated that his tenure is short and would require their support, advice and guidance to enable him leave legacy projects before his tenure terminates on May 29, 2023. According to Mu’azu: “If we deliver on our promises before the end of this administration, we would have left some legacies for Nigerians. On the other hand, those we didn’t achieve will be a foundation for others to build on". Speaking further, the Minister informed the Union that he is part and parcel of the maritime industry, having started his public service career with the Nigerian Ports Authority. He acknowledged that sheer providence...

The Federal Government Government is considering unbundling the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) in order to enhance efficient and effective service delivery.       The Minister of Transportation, Mu'azu Jaji Sambo,  made this  disclosure recently in Abuja when members of the NRC Governing Board paid him a courtesy visit.    According to him, "the Nigerian Railway Corporation cannot be the  Owner, Operator and Regulator at the same time, pointing out that,  The private sector is the engine of growth; Let someone else operate  your lines  efficiently. We cannot have an agency that is  Owner,  Regulator and Operator at the same time".                    Briefing the Board on what Government is doing concerning resumption of rail services, the Minister said commercial operations will resume after security measures are installed to forestall reoccurrence of train attacks...

The Co mptroller General Strike Force of the Nigeria Customs Service in Zone ‘A’ has disclosed that it intercepted smuggled items worth N390,198,000. The unit also generated N748,679,337 as revenue within the period under review. Speaking at a press conference in Lagos on Wednesday, Coordinator of the Strike Force, Mohammed Sani Yusuf gave a breakdown of the seized items to include; a pump action riffle, locally fabricated pistol, cartridges, 1500 x 50kg bags of Foreign Parboiled Rice, 839 bales of Used Clothes, 3,525 litres of Premium Motor Spirit and 900 bags of Cement; used to conceal rice. “You may recall that foreign tomato paste, used clothing, importation of vehicles through the land borders, used tyres, arms and ammunition without end-user certificates among others, are all import prohibition which threatens our collective economy. The following are the seizures recorded within the period under review: “These seizures recorded within the period have a cumulative duty paid v...

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  IMO Secretary-General Mr Kitack Lim (middle) embraces the NIMASA DG, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, OFR, as Nigeria's Alternate Permanent Representative  ( APR )  to the IMO, Abdul Dirisu looks on during World Maritime Day Parallel Event held in Durban, South Africa. The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh OFR, has called on maritime nations to actualize the adoption of modern technology as a means of attaining cleaner and greener shipping in line with this year's World Maritime Day commemoration theme. Dr Jamoh, who stated this while speaking on the sidelines of the World Maritime Day Parallel Event (WMDPE) held in Durban South Africa from 12 to 14 October 2022, also stated that Nigeria would seek to contribute to the global push towards reducing emissions from shipping activities. In a press release signed by Osagie Edward, Assistant Director, Public Relations of NIMASA, the DG stressed on the theme of this year's e...

Chief Chris Ekrocha President ISTDAL The score card of the current President of Imo State Towns Development  Association Lagos (ISTDAL),  Hon. Chief Chris Ekeocha has successfully made the association to be an organisation to be reknown with in terms of leadership. The current President and his team have so far proven beyond reasonable doubts that their occupation of executive offices at ISTDAL is not for tea party but to deliver on their electoral mandates. The 7th Executive Committee of ISTDAL (2020-2023) under the distinguished leadership of Ekeocha, was inaugurated on Sunday 26th of January, 2020, and had only one general meeting that year owing to the menace of Covid-19 pandemic which ravaged the entire globe. The Exco kicked off with step by step implementation of the promises made to ISTDAL as contained in the action plan of the inaugural speech of the president on the 26th of January, 2020. The President, who has not hidden his eagerness to provide quality leadership c...

Mr. Segun Olugboyegun, Chairman, ICC, Global Customs & Trade Commission, Mr. Segun Olugboyegun in a hand shake with Hon. Emmanuel Jime, Executive Secretary/CEO, NSC In order to aid trade facilitation in Africa, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Nigeria has called for collaboration with Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC). The Chairman, ICC Global Customs & Trade Commission, Mr. Segun Olugboyegun made this call when he led a delegation on a courtesy visit to the NSC’s Headquarters in Lagos on Wednesday. In a press release signed by Rakiya Dhikru-Yagboyaju, Head,  Public Relations Department of NSC, Olugboyegun said ICC wants strong partnership with Shippers’ Council seeing as  it has been promoting trade facilitation in the maritime sector. The Executive secretary, ICC Nigeria, Mrs. Olubunmi Osuntuyi who made a presentation on ‘ICC Global Customs & Trade Facilitation Commission’ said the ICC is championing the adoption of digitalized Cust...

The President of the Chartered Institute of Transport Administration (CIoTA) who is also the Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr Bashir Jamoh has joined the league of Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR) in Nigeria. He received the award from President Mohammadu Buhari. The formal investiture ceremony took place at the international Conference Centre (ICC), Abuja on Tuesday, 11th October, 2022 with a grand reception at the luxury Hilton Hotel Abuja. Members of the Institute who joined in their numbers for the celebration were excited with this elevation for the man who sits at the helm of the affairs. Speaking at the event, Dr. Jamoh commended the national awards committee, headed by Justice Sidi Bage Muhammad, a retired justice of the Supreme Court and Emir of Lafia, for his patriotic duty by diligently going through over 5,000 submissions and coming up with the recommendations. President Buhari noted that the screening and ...

The Honourable Minister of Transportation, Mu'azu Jaji Sambo joined  family and friends of Dr. Bashir Jamoh, DG/CEO NIMASA to felicitate with him on the conferment of the National honour of the Officer of the Federal Republic (OFR) by the President, Commander - in - Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR.  Congratulations dear Dr. Bashir Jamoh, OFR.