NIMASA, best Federal Govt Agency in Digital Transformation

By Abiodun OBA

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA has been adjudged the best Federal Government Agency in Digital Transformation.

The Director General, Bureau of Public Service Reforms, 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 are as a result of a nationwide nomination and online voting process initiated by the bureau, as well as a detailed analysis of performance of all government MDAs at the national level.

The award presentation is scheduled to take place in the nation’s federal capital in October this year.

NIMASA Director General, Dr Bashir Jamoh OFR, expressed pleasure and assured of the Agency’s commitment to full operational digitalization.

“This award is a pleasant surprise. We weren’t expecting it. We were just doing our job. This award will spur us to accelerate our quest to fully digitalize all NIMASA operations,”Jamoh remarked.

Public sector reform consists of deliberate changes to the structures and processes of public sector organizations with the objective of getting them to run better.