By Uzor Odigbo, Senior Correspondent
The director general of Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dakuku Peterside is yet to recover from public condemnation over the wastage of N300 million himself and the transportation minister, Rotimi Amaechi allegedly squandered on an IMO election jamboree in London last week.
As the condemnation rages, he has again hinted of plan to pull about N2billion out of the coffers of the agency to sponsor the nine months mandatory Sea time training for 286 cadets on board foreign vessels.
This is as the House of Representatives Committee on Maritime Education and Safety is believed to have directed the interim management committee set up by the transportation minister and led by Chief Adebayo Sarumi, to stop parading itself as such and to discontinue its assignment. The House Committee had declared the ministerial committee illegal.
The House Committee that visited MAN Oron on Wednesday, December 13 as part of its oversight function reportedly said the minister acted ultra vire and in bad faith in constituting the Interim management committee (IMC).
The lawmakers however congratulated the newly appointed rector of MAN, Commodore Duja Effedua(retired), for his appointment. The rector was on ground to receive the lawmakers and showed them around the academy.
