The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Ziakede Patrick Akpobolokemi has stated that the Agency is up-to-date in making remittances to the Federation Account and has so far remitted over Nine Billion Seven Hundred Million naira (N9.7b) only, being operating surplus in 2013 alone.
He therefore averred that the figures in recent media reports are not in consonance with what has been recorded with the Federal Ministry of Finance.
The DG stated that “NIMASA is mindful of the critical role of financial resources in actualising the Transformation Agenda of President Goodluck Jonathan and has therefore continued to contribute its statutory quota towards making the government’s programmes a reality”.
Akpobolokemi said the agency has continued to make remittances to the Federation Account and this latest remittance for the year 2013 is way above its projection.
He noted that the Agency is committed to actualising its mandate working with more advanced technology, like the recently launched Satellite Surveillance System that is capable of monitoring in real time, vessel activities in the country’s maritime domain.
