President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the Director
General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, (NIMASA),
Dr. Dakuku Peterside, on his election as the new Chairman of the Association of
African Maritime Administrators (AAMA) at the end of the Third Annual
Conference of the continental organization in Abuja on Friday.
Peterside succeeds Mr Sobantu Tilayi, who is presently the
Acting Chief Executive Officer of the South African Maritime Administration.
The President notes that Peterside’s unanimous election is
not only a personal honour and affirmation of confidence in his ability to lead
AAMA, but also places Nigeria in a pivotal position to rally other maritime
administrations in collaboration with the International Maritime Organisation
(IMO) towards safer global maritime activities.
His spokesman, Femi Adesina, in a statement said President
Buhari believes that given NIMASA’s encouraging performance under Dr. Peterside
especially in the fight against sea piracy through inter-agency cooperation, he
has no doubt that his new position provides him with even bigger platform to
forge ahead in doing the nation proud by meeting the objectives of AAMA.
The President, while wishing the new Chairman of AAMA a
successful one-year tenure, expressed confidence that within this period, the
Federal Government’s renewed focus on growing the Nigerian economy through
increased maritime resources will be further enhanced.
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