The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has been commended for its gender equality policy which has manifested in both the number of women it employed, and those sponsored for capacity development within and outside the country.
On a working visit to NIMASA headquarters in Lagos, the President of the World Maritime University (WMU), Dr Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry discussed training and manpower development with the management.
Expressing gratitude to NIMASA for its longstanding relationship with WMU, Doumbia-Henry said: “We here at the World Maritime University have had a long, mutually, beneficial relationship with Nigeria and NIMASA in particular. Our visit is to further strengthen the ties between ourselves while exploring areas of future collaboration”.
“I also wish to especially congratulate Dr. Jamoh for the gender inclusive nature of the Agency especially under his leadership. We have observed that in the number of female officers of the Agency that are sent to the WMU for maritime studies”.
Responding, NIMASA’s Director General, Dr Bashir Jamoh explained the rationale for the longstanding relationship between both parties. He said: “Our continued relationship with the World Maritime University is informed by the Agency’s commitment to professionalism, research and development as well as striving to attain global best practices in carrying out our responsibilities. This informs our choice of WMU when sending some of our staff to the institution for further training. We have a deliberate policy in line with the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to encourage more female participation in maritime.
“From this development, it is clear that NIMASA’s commitment to human capacity development of its staff remains unwavering. This in turn is bound to have a knock-on effect on the Nigerian maritime industry in that the level of professionalism would be improved upon”.
The World Maritime University in Malmö, Sweden, is a postgraduate maritime institution founded within the framework of the IMO, a specialised agency of the United Nations.
