The Director-General of the agency, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, said this while defending the agency’s 2016 budget before the House of Representatives Committee on Maritime Safety, Education and Administration.
in a statement, the NIMASA DG said the agency was committed to growing the maritime sector for the benefit of indigenous operators and the nation at large.
Peterside said, “The agency targets strategic growth in five key areas in the year 2016, including maintaining maritime safety and security; maintenance of a clean maritime environment and enhanced port state control.
“Others include building human and infrastructural capacity as well as sanitising the maritime environment to eliminate corruption while increasing revenue generation for economic growth.”
He said the agency planned to tap into the vast potential of the Nigerian maritime industry by growing indigenous capacity with a view to making Nigeria a hub for maritime activities in the West and Central African sub region.
Peterside added that the process would include a radical restructuring of the agency with a view to repositioning it for greater efficiency and service delivery.
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