President of the Nigeria Institute of Shipping (NIS); Mr Patrick Egesi has stated said the institute remains the father to all maritime schools in Nigeria, even as he explained that the institute can not be affected by the recent marine notice that was published by the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) in which it listed nautical institutions that are accredited by the agency.
President of the Nigeria Institute of Shipping (NIS); Mr Patrick Egesi has stated said the institute remains the father to all maritime schools in Nigeria, even as he explained that the institute can not be affected by the recent marine notice that was published by the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) in which it listed nautical institutions that are accredited by the agency.
Giving a vivid knowledge about the foremost maritime professional institute in a chat with Shipping Position Daily in Lagos last week, Egesi reiterated that NIMASA was fair in its decision to screen the institutes that applied for accreditations which according to him, showed that the agency was honest in dealing with the schools that needed recognition.
The president added that the curriculum of NIS is quite different from that of other maritime schools, stressing that it is a professional institute for the maritime practitioners and not a certificate-awarding school like other conventional schools.
He explained that, " it is not necessary for NIS to react to the fact that NIMASA did not list us as their accredited institute because we don't do the type of courses that those schools do"
"NIS remains the oldest maritime institute in Nigeria and we have professionals in the industry that happens to be our member"
"NIS did not apply for recognition because we don't play to the gallery".
He lauded the effort made by NIMASA to have published the names of maritime institutes that it deemed worthy of recognition.
" We don't offer the courses that NIMASA was demanding from the institutes that applied to be accredited by NIMASA through the IMO"
"We don't diminish ourselves to the whims and caprices of whatever people might say about NIS not been accredited by NIMASA, but I believe it’s a consternation of understanding ",NIS President stated.
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