The Federal Government has established that it plans to open up Nigeria’s maritime sector for investment opportunities as it reduces bottlenecks in the sector, including wrecks along the creeks.
This was mentioned by the Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, on Friday in Lagos, at the official launch of the removal of wrecks along the Badagry creek from Tincan Island to Navy Town, Lagos.
The Minister applauded the DG of NIMASA, Dr Bashir Jamoh, for launching the scheme, citing that the venture of clearing Nigeria’s waterways of wrecks, aside guaranteeing better safety of navigation also opened up the prospects of many new investments in the maritime industry.
Amaechi said, “The exercise would tremendously enhance the Federal Government’s economic diversification drive and enhance Nigeria’s standing in the global maritime community.”
He urged for the autonomous status of each of the agencies under the Federal Ministry of Transportation, adding that all the heads of the agencies were appointed on the basis of their competence and expertise. He said that he would always support “imaginative ideas from the Chief Executives of the agencies, adding that it was the NIMASA DG’s idea that wrecks should be removed from our waters.”
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