L-R: Executive Director, Maritime Labour & Cabotage Services, Mr Gambo Ahmed, Director General, Ghana Maritime Authority, Mr Kwame Owusu, Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration & Safety Agency, NIMASA, Mr Dakuku Peterside, Executive Director, Administration and Finance, NIMASA, Mr Bashir Jamoh and the Executive Director, Operations, Engr. Rotimi Fasshakin at the signing of MoU between the agencies representing Nigeria and Ghana at the NIMASA Resource Centre, Kirikiri, Apapa, Lagos, 16 October 2017.
In line with its vision to enhance regional integration to develop capacity, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ghanaian Maritime Authority, GMA.
At the official signing of the MoU at the Nigerian Maritime Resource Development Centre in Lagos, the Director General of NIMASA, Dr. Dakuku Peterside noted that intra-African collaboration is a vital requirement for Africans to effectively harness the natural potentials that the Blue economy represent for the continent.
In his words” African countries must cooperate to solve challenges peculiar to the continent. All maritime nations on the African continent have comparative advantage in different areas, and only collaboration will ensure that we complement each other, thus ensuring that the maritime sector contribute effectively to the growth of the continent”.
Dr. Peterside noted that Nigeria and Ghana have a historical link in the maritime sector, adding that the African maritime sector is richly endowed to the extent that coastal and aquatic ecosystems within the continent are treasures that provide diverse and vibrant natural resources.
Director General, Ghana Maritime Authority, Mr Kwame Owusu, (left) and the Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration & Safety Agency, NIMASA, Mr Dakuku Peterside during the signing of MoU between the agencies representing Nigeria and Ghana at the NIMASA Resource Centre, Kirikiri, Apapa, Lagos, 16 October 2017.