Aug.: The Nigerian Maritime Adminstration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), is working on a review of the 2007 NIMASA Act to tackle piracy on the nation’s territorial waters.
The Director General of NIMASA, Dr Dayo Mobereola, made this known during a media conference held at Eko Hotel and Suites in Lagos on Monday.
He said that the bill, when reviewed, would give NIMASA the right to control and monitor all kinds to vessels operation in the nation’s territorial waters.
(From Left, Executive Director (ED), Operations, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Mr Fatai Adeyemi, ED, Maritime Labour and Cabotage Services, NIMASA, Mr Jibril Abbah and Director General, NIMASA, Dr Dayo Mobereola during the interactive session with maritime journalists, in Lagos, on Monday )
“The menace that is been carried out in the maritime domain are actually not done by the biggest vessels but the smaller vessels.
“We will ensure all boats operating on our waters are well regulated to stop water piracy,” Mobereola said.
He promised to meet with the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) and agreed on how small boats would be properly regulated.
The NIMASA Act 2007 also known as Marchant Shipping Act, which makes provision with respect to shipping and the registration, licensing and marking of ships in Nigeria.
The 2007 NIMASA Act also contains provisions relative to the carriage of dangerous good by ships and the prevention of pollution from ships.
