Even as Celebration of Customer week continues in the country, 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 life of NIMASA, noting that it is the stakeholders who keep the Agency and maritime business afloat.

Addressing management and staff during this year’s celebration of the event at the Agency’s Headquarters in Lagos, the DG affirmed his belief that investment in material assets by NIMASA would be meaningless without the staff and other external stakeholders. He noted pointedly that for every investment in material assets, there was need for a corresponding availability of stakeholders to make such investment significant.

According to Dr. Jamoh “We at NIMASA are celebrating our existence. We are celebrating our existence because without you, our stakeholders, there will be no NIMASA. Yes, we must invest in maritime assets acquisition. But then, we know that in spite of the level of investment in both tangible and intangible assets by NIMASA, without the stakeholders, such investments will be meaningless”, the DG said.

Jamoh used the event to welcome the National Coordinator and Chief Executive Officer of SERVICOM, Mrs. Nnenna Akajemeli, who was at the Agency to celebrate with the staff, noting that adherence to NIMASA’s core values was necessary to guarantee mutual satisfaction of both internal and external stakeholders of the Agency,

The DG stressed that the founding Principles of SERVICOM is to emphasize the Public Offices are the shopping floors for government businesses. He insisted that whoever goes to the floor for shopping must leave with a high level of satisfaction.

On her part, the National Coordinator and Chief Executive Officer of SERVICOM commended NIMASA for all the achievements of the Agency, particularly in the areas of stakeholder support and complaint handling system. She applauded the NIMASA’s Maritime Stakeholders’ Experience Contact Centre (MSECC), noting that it is a world-class facility.

“We at SERVICOM are thrilled by what we are seeing in NIMASA today. The environment, level of professionalism exhibited by staff, customer-centric orientation and attitude, as well as the energies we have noticed and experienced are all worthy of emulation. We therefore urge other government parastatals to visit NIMASA leadership and learn from them. Your operations and individualized attention to some of my colleagues, who acted as mystery shoppers was amazing. We must confess our happiness and we are proud we are part of the celebration. We are part of this history”, Akajemelisaid.

Highlights of the celebration were surprise rewards for some support staff and staff of the Agency with different gifts items.

Recall that Customer Service Week is an international celebration that calls attention to the importance of customer service and the people who provide it.

Celebrated in the first week of October of every year,  this year’s celebration has the theme “Celebrate Service”. The goals are to elicit team bonding, boost morale, reward employees for the significant work they do and raise awareness of the value of customer to organization’s successes.