Jamoh To Receive GovTech Trailblazers Award

Dr. Bashir Jamoh, DG NIMASA

The Presidency through the Bureau of Public Service Reforms, BPSR, has declared the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA as the best Federal Government Agency in Digital Transformation.

NIMASA’s image maker, Mr. Osagie Edward disclosed this in a statement he released to the media.

According to Mr. Osagie, the Director General, BPSR who conveyed the Presidential award to NIMASA Management, also announced that the DG/CEO NIMASA, Dr Bashir Jamoh OFR has been nominated to receive the distinguished GovTech Trailblazers award for providing exemplary leadership.

“The BPSR also announced that the awards were as a result of a nationwide nomination and online voting process initiated by the Bureau, as well as a detailed analysis of performance of all government MDAs at the national level as the award presentation is scheduled to take place in the nation’s federal capital in October this year” Osagie said

The Agency’s spokesman stated that NIMASA Director General, Dr Bashir Jamoh OFR, expressed pleasure and assured of the Agency’s commitment to full operational digitalization.

He quoted Dr. Jamoh as saying “This award is a pleasant surprise. We weren’t expecting it. We were just doing our job . This award will spur us to accelerate our quest to fully digitalize all NIMASA operations.”

“Public sector reform consists of deliberate changes to the structures and processes of public sector organizations with the objective of getting them to run better” Osagie said