Minister of state for defence, Erelu Olusola Obada, has charged stakeholders in the maritime sector to collaborate with other agencies in the sub-region to curb deteriorating security situation in the Gulf of Guinea.
The minister gave the charge while declaring open the maiden edition of Maritime Security Seminar at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji.
Minister of state for defence, Erelu Olusola Obada, has charged stakeholders in the maritime sector to collaborate with other agencies in the sub-region to curb deteriorating security situation in the Gulf of Guinea.
The minister gave the charge while declaring open the maiden edition of Maritime Security Seminar at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji.
She said that the sub-region cannot afford to be complacent in the circumstance bearing in mind that the Nations of the Gulf are critically dependent on the vast hydrocarbons and other resources for survival.
Represented by Director of Navy in the Ministry, Mr Abiodun Salami, the minister revealed that pervasive insecurity has caused the region more than 2 billion US Dollars loss annually. She therefore called on member states to collaborate in order to win the shared war against maritime terrorism.
Obada said "We must intensify our level of cooperation and coordination with a view to tackling our shared challenges and constraints. We have no choice in this matter because I am convinced that no nation can go it alone especially in the vast commons that is the Gulf of Guinea"
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