From left: Secretary General of the IMO, Kitack Lim and Director General of NIMASA Dr. Bashir Jamoh shortly after the MEPC meeting at IMO headquarters, London.

The Federal Government of Nigeria has assured the global shipping community that it is more than ever committed to the protecting the marine environment in the country and across the Gulf of Guinea region.

From right: Director, Marine Environment Management Department, NIMASA, Heaky Dimowo; DG NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh Secretary General of the IMO, Kitack Lim; SA to DG, Suleiman Abdulsalam and Nigeria’s Alternate Permanent Representative to the IMO, Abdul Dirisu shortly after the MEPC meeting at the IMO headquarters, London recently.

Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA, the country’s Maritime Administration, Dr. Bashir Jamoh gave the assurance at the just concluded Marine Environment Protection Council MEPC meeting held at International Maritime Organisation IMO, headquarters in London.