The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Mr. Patrick Akpobolokemi has assured that the agency will extend equal opportunities to its next set of cadets who are to be sent abroad for training in few weeks time.
Akpobolokemi gave the assurance in Lagos last week when a delegation of Igbo high chiefs paid a courtesy call to the agency’s headquarters in Lagos.
The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Mr. Patrick Akpobolokemi has assured that the agency will extend equal opportunities to its next set of cadets who are to be sent abroad for training in few weeks time.
Akpobolokemi gave the assurance in Lagos last week when a delegation of Igbo high chiefs paid a courtesy call to the agency’s headquarters in Lagos.
He told the Igbo delegation which was led by former Governor of Anambra State, Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife that the agency has received an approval from the National Assembly to begin the training of more cadets, especially those that are indigenes of the Niger Delta.
The NIMASA boss explained to the delegates that the move is in order to complement the Niger Delta Amnesty Programme of the Federal Government which covers nine states of the Niger Delta area including Imo state and Abia state.
“This year, we had an approval from the National Assembly, the Senate and the House of Reps to train our young boys and girls in various universities in the world, there was an approval that was given to complement the efforts of the Niger Delta amnesty programme”
He assured the Igbo high chiefs that seafarers from Imo State and Abia State being part of the nine states that were approved will also receive equal treatments.
“We have two states in the South East that are part of the nine states of the Niger Delta, namely Imo and Abia, equal opportunity is given to all of them”
“In the next few weeks, many of your sons and daughters are going to be sent abroad, so we are on the same page in developing the maritime sector and bringing peace back to Nigeria.” he assured
Akpobolokemi also told the delegation that when management contemplated establishing institutes in Nigeria, he had insisted that one of the institutes must be in Igbo land “and today, the University of Nigeria, Nnsuka is one of the university that maritime studies is approved by NIMASA”
Speaking earlier, leader of the delegation, Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife had stated the mission of the group to NIMASA which was to garner cooperation and supports for one of its members who is NIMASA’s Executive Director of Maritime Labour and Cabotage Services; Barrister Obi Callistus
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