From right: Director, Special Duties, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Mr Isichei Osamgbi receives an award on behalf of the Director General, NIMASA, Dr Bashir Yusuf Jamoh, OFR during the Global African Diaspora Symposium in Abuja recently.

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA, has urged Nigerians in diaspora to consider investing in the country’s maritime sector, describing it as the next big thing packed with assets to fuel the country’s economic growth.

Director, Special Duties, Mr Isichie Osamgbi, who represented the General of the agency, Dr Bashir Jamoh OFR, spoke during the closing ceremony of the Global African Diaspora Symposium with the themed: “Building stronger connections between Africa and the Global Diaspora”, which held in Abuja.

The DG said: “The maritime sector is an untapped gold in the country and we see it as the future oil. The assets in the maritime industry we call it the ‘blue economy’ is far greater than you can imagine. So we believe it is something worth investing in now. An investment in the maritime sector in Nigeria is considered well invested funds.”

Meanwhile, Director General, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission NIDCOM; organisers of the symposium, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, expressed appreciation to NIMASA for their support to the programme and urged participants interested in the maritime industry to reach out to the agency for clarity.