From left: CTRANS, Western Naval Command; Captain R.A. Suara, COO, Western Naval Command; Cdre N. S. Lakan, Consultant; Sola Omilabu, Flag Officer Commanding, Western Naval Command; Rear Admiral Mustapha Hassan, Director Deep Blue Project; Chief Otonye Obom, Commander NNS Beecroft; Cdre K. O. Oguntuga, and CLINTON, Western Zonal Command Capt. A.U. Tijani, during the inauguration of a NIMASA-Nigerian Navy Joint Committee on Blue Economy at the Western Zonal Command, Apapa – Lagos.

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA, and the Nigerian Navy have inaugurated a Joint Committee to establish ways in which the synergy between both organs of government can be channeled into creating a conducive environment for investment in the Blue Economy sector

The Flag Officer Commanding (FOC West), Rear Admiral Mustapha Hassan, who inaugurated the eight-man committee charged them to come up with policies to create a welcoming maritime environment for investment in the Nigerian Blue Economy.

Membership of the committee representing the Navy are Rear Admiral Mustapha Hassan, FOC, Western Naval Command; Cdre K.O. Oguntuga, Commander NNS Beecroft; Cdre N.S. Kaman, COO Western Naval Command and Captain A. U. Tijani.

Members representing NIMASA include the Director, Deep Blue Project, Chief Otonye Obom; head Shipping Development, Kurahson Inuwa; head, ISPS, Isa Mudi; and Deputy Director, Cabotage Services, Aisha Usman Dangote.

It would be recalled that the agency’s Director General, Dr. Bashir Jamoh OFR, had during a visit by a delegation from the Nigerian Navy to the NIMASA headquarters in Lagos recently, announced the constitution of the eight-man committee, comprising four each from the Navy and NIMASA.