Executive Director, Maritime Labour and Cabotage Services, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Jibril Abba (3rd left); Executive Director, Large Enterprises, Bank of Industry, Ifeoma Uz’Okpala (2nd left); Director, Cabotage Services, NIMASA, Kabiru Murnai (left); Director, Legal Services, NIMASA, Aishatu Jidda (right) and others during a visit by the management of the Bank of Industry to the NIMASA headquarters on Victoria Island, Lagos.

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA and the Bank of Industry BOI have initiated partnership discussions on potential strategies for capacity building as part of efforts to enhance capacity in the Nigeria’s maritime sector.

Director General of NIMASA, Dr. Dayo Mobereola made this disclosure during a visit by the management of the Bank of Industry, led by Executive Director of Large Enterprises, Mrs. Ifeoma Uz’Okpala.

Represented by the Executive Director, Maritime Labour and Cabotage Services, Mr. Jibril Abba, the DG stated that in addition to safety, security, and maritime labour, the Agency’s mandate encompasses capacity development aimed at growing the sector.

“NIMASA is committed to collaborations as a vital tool for achieving its mandate. Our aim is to actualise the vision of the Federal Government to reposition the maritime sector, especially with the creation of the Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy”, the DG said.  

Meanwhile, the Executive Director, Large Enterprises at BOI, Mrs. Uz’Okpala, affirmed the Bank’s readiness to support NIMASA. She also emphasised the importance of collaboration in implementing a robust capacity building initiative that will significantly contribute to Nigeria’s economic growth and development.

Bank of Industry Limited is Nigeria’s oldest and largest Development Finance Institution DFI currently in operation. It is owned by the Federal Ministry of Finance Incorporated MOFI Nigeria, which has 94.80per cent, while the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN has 5.19 per cent and other private shareholders 0.01 per cent.