NIMASA kick starts reform of ship registry— inaugurates implementation committee today

By Funso Olojo

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency(NIMASA) has signaled its intention not to pay lip service to its efforts to reform the nation’s ship registry.

Towards this end, the agency has empanelled an implementation monitoring committee that will drive the reform.

This is sequel to the submission of the report of the committee on the review of the ship registry penultimate week.

While receiving the report from the chairman of the 9 – member committee headed by Engr. Emmanuel Ilori, Dakuku Peterside, the Director-General of NIMASA, has promised not to allow the report gather dust on his shelf but to give it utmost attention and implement the recommendations of the committee with dispatch.

The implementation monitoring committee, which is incidentally chaired by Engr. Ilori, is billed to be inaugurated today at the headquarters of the agency.

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