For the maritime sector to grow, the various interest groups must engage both federal and state governments on policies that suit the industry, so says, the chief Executive officer, Common Sense Group, Pastor Olumide Emmauel.
Olumide a motivation speaker and pastor gave the charge at an event put together by PortbzinessCommunication Company, in Lagos last week.
For the maritime sector to grow, the various interest groups must engage both federal and state governments on policies that suit the industry, so says, the chief Executive officer, Common Sense Group, Pastor Olumide Emmauel.
Olumide a motivation speaker and pastor gave the charge at an event put together by PortbzinessCommunication Company, in Lagos last week.
Responding to questions on how government policies have discouraged the maritime sector, the entrepreneur noted that there is need for the associations in the industry to constantly engage government on some of the advantages and disadvantages of some the policies, noting that maritime practitioners have to take their destinies in their own hands for the industry to move forward.
According to him, government should also engage and involve the maritime practitioners in its policy formulations, saying that without inputs of the operations, it may be unfavorable and unfriendly to the stakeholder.
He said that government policy may look like a devourer to the maritime operator, but advised that once unions and associations engage the government, then it is a problem half solved.
“I think to solve the problem of the industry massively is for every associations to engage government collectively rather to sit down individually or as a single group”, he advised.
Speaking further, he advised operators from the sectors to engage the media at regular intervals in order to draw government’s attention to certain areas where there is need to work on.
Olumide reiterated that, “most governments appoint individuals that are not professionals in a particular industry and such will have to engage advisers, personal assistance and technocrats for the purpose of succeeding’’
“Once the practitioners can engage the appointed individual with meetings and dialogue, things will change because as the head of a department or parastal, he has to listen to what the practitioners are saying’’
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