Dr. Bashir Jamoh, Director General, NIMASA

As global and national attention focuses on development of the Blue Economy, the Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, OFR has disclosed that the Agency is set to reopen its Lokoja office towards harnessing the Blue Economy, enhancing collaboration and promote Research and Development.

Dr. Bashir Jamoh who made this known when he received the Executive Secretary of the Kaduna State Emergency Management Agency (KADSEMA), Mal. Usman Hayatu Mazadu at the head office of the Agency in Lagos, said that investment in research would play a major role in ensuring the harnessing of Nigeria’s maritime potentials.

According to Jamoh, “The key cardinal principle of opening the NIMASA Lokoja office is to improve on Research and Development. Our goal is to establish the nexus in maximizing the use of available resources in the nation’s inland waterways and the deep blue waters within 28 states, spanning over 4000 kilometers of inland waters and over 200 nautical miles of ocean resources; with the coming of the Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy”.

“The Blue Economy has come to stay and very soon you will see the impact of what we have; in terms of the gains and benefits to grow our Gross Domestic Product, while improving the well-being of our own Economy”, Jamoh said

In his remarks, Mallam Usman of KADSEMA lauded the Agency for successes achieved so far. He  asked for cooperation with the Agency in possible areas and expressed the readiness of KADSEMA to support the Agency in areas of mutual interests.