No piracy incident in Gulf of Guinea in Q2 — NIMASA DG

By Seun Ibiyemi

The Director- General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, last week said Nigeria hasn’t recorded incident of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG), in the second quarter of 2022.

Jamoh who disclosed this to journalists recently in Lagos stated that the agency is advocating for the removal of War Risk Insurance on Nigerian bound vessels

According to him, the agency will focus on creating awareness, while also canvassing the international community for a review of the high freight rate occasioned by the War Risk Insurance placed on Nigerian bound vessels.

He said, “It may interest you to know that by the end of this quarter, which is the end of June, we would have recorded another milestone as we are yet to record a single attack or incident of maritime insecurity on our waters.

“Therefore, we will keep advocating for the total removal of War Risk Insurance by the international community, so that Nigerians can benefit from that,” Jamoh stated.

Jamoh said, NIMASA automation processes have reached over 80 percent, saying NIMASA’s commitment to automation is to reduce human interface, while also plugging revenue leakages in the system.

“In line with the Federal Government’s Executive Order on Ease of Doing Business, we are committed to full automation to attain reduction of human interface in majority of our transactions with our stakeholders and this is in our bid to ensure transparency and professionalism which the sector requires to grow.

“The goal is to align with the National Single Window initiative, when all the internal processes of the various Agencies have been concluded,” he said.