The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Dakuku Peterside informed that Nigeria will continue to seek continued technical cooperation and support from the IMO. This aims to establish a sustainable capacity to be a competitive maritime nation.
Mr. Peterside noted that technical cooperation will help set out knowledge and the necessary skills to position Nigeria as a maritime nation that operates in line with global best practices.
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This technical cooperation and support from the IMO is in line with NIMASA’s Medium Term Strategy plan, which has as a target to help increase maritime growth in the country.
The technical cooperation has become a necessity that deserves urgent attention due to the knowledge gaps, changing technology, new regulations that have come into force and experience from incidents around the world.
Dr. Dakuku Peterside said.
He also added that NIMASA will try to seek technical cooperation regarding domestication and ratification of IMO legal instruments, environmental stewardship and safety issues.
In addition, Dr. Peterside suggested that the IMO Secretariat has approved many technical cooperations to be implemented in Nigeria from September until next year. These include sending some experts to work in the country.
