(http://fmi.gov.ng/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/umar-300x225.jpg) Senator Idris Umar, the Minister of Transport has once again reiterated the commitment of the Goodluck administration to tackling the challenges of crude oil theft and other crimes in Nigeria Maritime waters.
Senator Umar stated this in his office while receiving the report of the committee he set up to review the activities and operations of private jetty operators as well as stevedore operations in the maritime industry.
Senator Umar stated that the Government is aware of the enormous potentials and leakages inherent in maritime operations especially around jetty operations and therefore set up the committee to look into ways of guaranteeing security and smooth organised labour workforce at the private jetties to enhance efficiency.
The Minister expressed optimism that the recommendations of the committee will go a long way to address most of the security issues identified in the maritime domain.
Speaking earlier, the Chairman of the Stevedoring and Jetty Review Committee who is also the Director of Maritime Services in the Federal Ministry of Transport, Alhaji Musa Nagogo stated that daunting as the job was, members of the committee put in their best to ensure that they met with the terms of reference.
He said the committee could not reach all the jetties identified due to security reasons as well as funds constraints but expressed the optimism that with the implementation of recommendations of the committee, most of the problems identified would be overcome.
Alh Nagogo on behalf of the members of the committee thanked the Minister for the opportunity given them to serve.
Via: Federal Ministry of Information (FMI) Nigeria
That would be hard but successful at the end of the day. This sort of corruption has to be cleared off Nigeria for once. It makes Nigerians sick.