The Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Bashir Jamoh has stated that stakeholders would continue to occupy premium position in the agency’s life, noting that it is the stakeholders who keep the Agency and maritime business afloat. During this year’s celebration of the Customer Service Week at NIMASA’s headquarters in Lagos, the DG stated his …

Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has expressed regret at the recent protest in Manila, the Philippines by over 100 cadets of the National Seafarers Development Programme (NSDP), assuring that it had the situation under control. In a statement on Saturday issued by the management, NIMASA said that its Executive Director in charge of Maritime Labour and Cabotage Services, …

The Minister of Transportation, Mu’ azu Jaji Sambo has said that Nigeria is committed to achieving greener shipping in line with the campaign by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to attain sustainable development in the maritime industry. This is just as Nigeria joined the IMO to commemorate the 2022 World Maritime Day. Sambo said that Nigeria would not be left behind …

A former spokesman of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Engr. Rotimi Fashakin is dead. He was also the Executive Director, Operations at the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) between 2016 to March 2020. As National Publicity of the CPC, which merged with other political parties and interest to form the All Progressives Congress (APC), Fashakin was …

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Bashir Jamoh is to be conferred with the Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR) by President Muhammadu Buhari. According to a conveyance letter from the Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Senator George Akume, the investiture ceremony is scheduled to hold at the …

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has moved to improve the quality of teaching in Taraba State by donating learning materials to pupils in basic schools in the state. While presenting the items to school children in Jalingo, NIMASA Director General, Dr Bashir Jamoh, who was represented by a Public Relations Officer in the agency, Kefas Kubuza William …

The Minister of Transportation, Mr Mu’azuJaji Sambo has charged the management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) to ensure prompt deployment of the modular floating dockyard, which the agency acquired recently. NIMASA’s Director General, Dr Bashir Jamoh told the media in Lagos that the Minister described the deployment of the modular dockyard as one of the low …

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Seafarers’ Travel document, which is meant to deepen their existing interagency collaboration. This agreement was reached when NIS Comptroller General, Mr Isah Idris Jere led senior officials of the Service on a working visit to the NIMASA Management. …

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) on Tuesday launched the electronic registration platform for maritime labour, and issuance of biometric identity cards to dockworkers. The Director General, Dr Bashir Jamoh described the e-platform as a major step towards attaining full automation of all NIMASA’s processes, adding that it was conceived out of the need to establish an independent, …

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has donated medical equipment to some hospitals in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja. Presenting the items, the Director General of NIMASA, Dr Bashir Jamoh who was represented by the Director Special Duties, Mr Isichei Osamgbi explained that the donation was part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme. The DG said …