The efforts of the present management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) led by Dr Bashir Jamoh towards making the nation’s maritime domain safe for businesses to thrive have been commended by the Secretary General, International Maritime Organisation(IMO), Mr Kitach Lim.
This was conveyed in a letter to the Director General of NIMASA, Dr Bashir Jamoh by IMO’s SG, who expressed his delight in the measures so far adopted by Nigeria in the fight against piracy within and extending to the Gulf of Guinea (GoG)..
Lim said he was pleased by the update provided by Jamoh during a virtual meeting held since May 21 during which all the efforts taken by Nigeria to address maritime security threats in Nigeria and the Gulf of Guinea were presented.
Commending NIMASA DG for such leadership and proactive response, the IMO scribe also congratulated the Nigerian Navy on the “successful capture and arrest of pirates from the fishing trawler Hailufeng11, and more recently on the rescue of the crewmembers of the containership Tommi Ritsche.”
He further noted: “Those actions, together with all the other initiatives you highlighted in our meeting, including progress with the Deep Blue Project, send a strong and valuable message to the international community with respect to the considerable efforts your government is making to curb piracy and armed robbery against ships in the Gulf of Guinea.”
Lim promised that he was ready to work with NIMASA for such important priority in the fight against piracy and armed robbery against ships in the Gulf of Guinea.
