NIMASA sets to restart training programme for marine, fisheries cadets

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By Benjamin A Ameh

Looks forward in a sustainable development of the fishing industry in the country using Nigerian manpower training for fishing activities

The Marine/Fisheries Cadets Association has hailed the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) for its readiness to restart training programme in Nigeria.

The president of the association, Mr. Ben Okotete, said the training programme in marine and fishery was initiated by a past military administration through the then Nigerian Maritime Authority (NMA) to train Nigerians in the ratio of 60 per cent for the Niger Delta indigenes and 40 per cent for those from other parts of the country.
He said the distribution was deliberate, to compensate the Niger Delta region following the removal of the fishing facility at Koko, Delta State.

“With special instruction from the then Supreme Military Council (SMC), the training vessels originally owned by the Federal Government were sold under privatisation to investors with requisite capacity to train the cadets,” he said.
Okotete further said the training programme was stalled by those who did not believe in zoning formula, and others who for selfish reasons, were against the programme.

The association lauded the management of NIMASA for bringing back the programme. They also thanked the local and foreign investors led by Prince Henry Omorodion who stood their grounds during the period, with a strong belief in the transformation of the marine/fishing industry in Nigeria.

With the restoration of the training programme, he said, the people are set to benefit and tap from the fishing industry in the country.
It enjoined President Goodluck Jonathan to see to the full actualisation of the programme, pointing out that it looks forward to a sustainable development of the fishing industry in the country using Nigerian manpower for fishing activities. It added that this was one of the veritable ways of empowering the people and the growing the economy for the benefit of Nigeria and Nigerians.

 


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