Nigeria is to host the third Conference of the Association of Heads of African Maritime Administrations (AAMA) in Abuja from April 19 to April 21.
Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Dakuku Peterside
The Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Dakuku Peterside, said this in on Wednesday, March 1, in Lagos.
According to Peterside, the meeting, which will be hosted by NIMASA in conjunction with the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), will bring together all the major maritime administrators and leading stakeholders in Africa.
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He said that the maritime administrators would discuss various issues and ways of improving the maritime sector in the continent.
“Thirty two countries from all parts of Africa are expected to participate in the continental conference and a number of maritime stakeholder organisations around the world,’’ the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) quotes him as saying.
“The IMO delegation of five will be led by Mr Kitack Lim, the Secretary- General of the IMO, which is a United Nations specialised agency that regulates shipping globally.
“The hosting of this conference in Nigeria is in line with the economic diversification agenda of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration, and the repositioning agenda of the present NIMASA Management.
“This will make the Nigerian maritime industry a leading light in Africa and the global maritime sector,’’ Peterside said.
The director-general said, “NIMASA is in the process of rebranding and that the New NIMASA brand would be unveiled by President Muhammadu Buhari on April 20, 2017,’’ to coincide with the conference.
He said the conference would open a new vista of opportunities to unemployed youths, as well as unlock the potential inherent in the maritime sector.
“This is just as the conference could serve as a platform toward Nigeria’s re-election into the IMO Council seat later in November this year.
“By hosting the event, Nigeria is set to become a leading voice in the comity of maritime nations, especially as the country seeks election into the Category C of the IMO Council seat in November, 2017,’’ NAN quotes Peterside as saying.
The director-general said the conference would equally avail stakeholders in the Nigerian maritime industry an opportunity to rub minds with their counterparts across Africa and the globe.
Peterside said it would further chart a way forward for the African maritime sector.
“It will effectively signal the arrival of the country in the global maritime arena as a respectable global voice,’’ he said.
AAMA was formed following the signing of the African Transport and Maritime Charter in 2012 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and the aim of the association is to promote the development of Africa’s maritime regulatory and maritime environment.
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AAMA, which brings together all players in the African maritime sector is also an umbrella body of five African Maritime Stakeholders’ groups namely: Association of Maritime Administrations of Africa; Africa’s Ship Registry Forum; African Ship Owners Association; African Shippers’ Council; and Seafarers’ Forum.
This would be the third AAMA Conference as the inaugural and the second conferences were held in Mombasa, Kenya in 2012 and South-Africa in 2013 respectively.
The third edition which Nigeria is now hosting, was earlier scheduled to hold in the country in 2014 but was called off.
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