Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, has commended the Nigerian Navy for its continued support for the agency over the years.
Jamoh, who said this when he met with the Admiral Superintendent of the Naval Dockyard Limited, Rear Admiral Kohath Levi on a working visit, particularly commended the Nigerian Navy for hosting and securing the Agency’s floating dock since its arrival in the country.
He said: “We appreciate the Nigerian Navy for making available its facility for the Floating Dockyard since arriving Nigeria. This has ensured absolute security of this facility and as we all can see, the Dockyard is in good shape.”
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Jamoh also used the opportunity to undertake an on-the-spot assessment of the floating dock, noting that efforts to put the facility into productive use have reached an advanced stage.
While receiving the NIMASA DG and his team, Rear Admiral Kohath Levi, assured that the Nigerian Navy would continue to support the agency, bearing in mind that safeguarding Nigeria’s territorial waters remains a collective responsibility of all critical stakeholders.
When completed, the floating dockyard is expected to bridge the dry-docking facilities gap in the Nigerian maritime industry as well as raise additional revenue for the government.
The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) had described the Floating Dockyard as a profitable investment by the government.
The Federal Government had approved the Ministry of Transportation to deploy the asset on a Public Private Partnership (PPP) basis and NIMASA is working with the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) to use facilities at the Continental Shipyard in Apapa.
