NASS Agrees To Work With NIMASA For Maritime Safety
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R-L: Executive Director Operations, NIMASA, Engr. Fatai Adeyemi; Chairman, House of Reps Committee on Safety Standards and Regulations Hon. Abubakar Sulaiman; Executive Director, Finance and Administration, NIMASA, Chudi Offodile; and a member of the committee during an oversight visit by the committee to the agency’s headquarters in Lagos.
The House of Representatives Committee on Safety Standards and Regulations, led by it Chairman, Hon. Abubakar Sulaiman, have commended the management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) for upholding safety standards in the Nigerian maritime sector.
Spokesman of NIMASA Mr. Edward Osagie told Maritime Nigeria that the commendation was made during the committee’s oversight visit to the headquarters of the Agency in Lagos, where the chairman expressed satisfaction with the infrastructure at the Agency’s headquarters, located in Victoria Island, Lagos.
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He assured that the committee is ready to collaborate with NIMASA in ensuring the Agency’s core mandates are realized.
Osagie further disclosed that the committee, established to oversee health and safety, had visited NIMASA as its first port of call, marking the beginning of its oversight activities which includes ensuring that organizational health and safety are upheld, while also putting in place mechanisms that will guarantee an environmentally friendly and conducive working environment.