The 2015 organizing committee of the Nigerian Maritime Exco (NIMAREX) has been inaugurated in Lagos on Wednesday.
President of the Nigeria Shipowners Association (NISA) Capt Niyi Labinjo who inaugurated the committee, which is headed by Mr. Ayorinde Adedoyin, charged the committee to ensure that those who need to be at the NIMAREX event are there.
The 2015 organizing committee of the Nigerian Maritime Exco (NIMAREX) has been inaugurated in Lagos on Wednesday.
President of the Nigeria Shipowners Association (NISA) Capt Niyi Labinjo who inaugurated the committee, which is headed by Mr. Ayorinde Adedoyin, charged the committee to ensure that those who need to be at the NIMAREX event are there.
Labinjo said that the NIMAREX 2015 is very apt and an opportunity to showcase the many potentials in the maritime sector especially at a time that Nigeria has been declared to be in recession by the Federal Ministry of Finance.
According to Labinjo, "there is need to store up our economy by consuming goods and services that are locally available in Nigeria, Nigerians can only know that these services are available through events and interactions of the nature of NIMAREX"
Labinjo said that it is no longer acceptable to have empty stands at the NIMAREX, he charged members of the committee to bring in all their stakeholders which they interact with to the event.
"We must bring in all those who have to be there, in our private and corporate capacities, it is no longer acceptable for us to have empty stands, if you don't say I am here, nobody will know that you are here"
Responding, Chairman of the Committee, Mr. Ayorinde Adedoyin assured that the committee will make 2015 the best NIMAREX ever witnessed. According to him, the 2015 expo will take a look at the law as it affects shippers, financing of ships as well as the plan of government agencies for the maritime industry.
Also speaking, Secretary of the Committee, Barrister Osuala Nwagbara lamented that the attraction of the exhibition has started dwindling and that there is need to bring in more people more than what has been witnessed before.
"One of the things we noted in the past is that we did not see as many people as we expected to see at NIMAREX, whatever it is that has not been the attraction, we are going to bring in on board to ensure that NIMAREX 2015 surpass all others in the past"
On his part, 2nd vice President of NISA who is also a member of the committee, Aminu Umar lamented the absence of adequate interaction and networking which according to him has been lacking at the past exhibitions.
"People just come and look at the exhibitions and they leave, this time around NISA members must be involved in the topic discussions, we must use the opportunity to highlight issues affecting the environment" Aminu said.
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