NIMASA to Partner Training Institutions on Capacity Building

Mon, Jun 20, 2016
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THE Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, is to partner with training institutions to provide internationally recognised training in basic and advanced maritime courses for the sustainable development of the maritime industry. Dakuku Peterside, director general, NIMASA, stated this while receiving the Management of Charkin Maritime and Offshore Safety Centre, in Lagos.‎

The partnerships are aimed at bridging the capacity gap in the industry. While commending the management of the training institution on the quality of their facilities, instructors and the international accreditation earned, the Peterside observed that NIMASA is open to partnerships that would advance the course of the maritime sector in Nigeria.

Peterside highlighted the importance of capacity building as being instrumental to the development of the maritime sector, noting that it is a prerequisite for the achievement of local content in shipping and the logistics chain. “For us to grow the local content in the maritime sector that Nigeria deserves, we must be able to take very seriously the issue of training, which is why we in NIMASA will always partner training institutions to grow this capacity.”

On his part, Charles Wami, managing director, Charkin Maritime and Offshore Safety Centre, expressed the readiness of the institution to partner with the Agency in the area of capacity development, adding that company is committed to bridging the capacity gap in the industry.

He affirmed the importance of training, stating that they were willing to partner the agency in the areas of merchant marine, inland water ways and offshore training in line with the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watch-keeping, STCW, 1978 which sets qualification standards for masters, officers and watch personnel on seagoing vessels.

—  Jun 20, 2016 @ 18:30 GMT

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