The Africa Association of Professional Freight Forwarders and Logistics of Nigeria, APFFLON has congratulated the newly appointed Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr. Dayo Mobereola.
Mobereola, a former Managing Director of Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, LAMATA from 2003 to 2015 and former Commissioner for Transportation in Lagos State from 2015 to 2016 was appointed appointed as Director General of NIMASA on March 11, 2024 by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to replace Dr. Bashir Jamoh whose tenure has since expired.
Speaking in a chat with our correspondent in Lagos on Wednesday, the National President of APFFLON, Otunba Frank Ogunojemite, while congratulating Mobereola on his new appointment, described the new NIMASA DG as deserving of the appointment judging by his background and the wealth of experience that he is bringing to bear on the job.
He, however, advised him to avoid playing politics with his position but be committed to doing the job he was appointed to do so as to put Nigeria on the right pedestal to assume the leading maritime administration in the West and Central Africa region.
Ogunojemite further charged the new NIMASA helmsman to keep eye on the core mandate of the agency which according to him includes shipping development, maritime security and maritime safety even as he urged him to prioritize onboard placement for the beneficiaries of the Nigerian Seafarers Development Programme, NSDP who he said are roaming the streets jobless as well as ensure he breaks the jinx around the Cabotage Vessel Financing Fund, CVFF which he said had defied many Ministers and Directors General of NIMASA.
He equally called on Mobereola to focus on the capacity development of the staff of the agency and invest heavily on staff development for them to be better equipped to key into his vision for the agency, by so doing, achieve his mandate.
“I urge the new DG to build an atmosphere of innovation, collaboration and synergy, creating an atmosphere that encourages the development of the employees’ skill sets, talents, and creativity”, APFFLON National President said urging him to extend such capacity development to freight forwarders and other critical stakeholders in the industry so that together, they would build a virile marine and blue economy.
He thereafter thanked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for entrusting Mobereola with the responsibility of steering the affairs of the Agency at this moment in the history of the Marine and Blue Economy even as he requested for the cooperation and guidance of the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola to enable the DG to settle down effortlessly and work with him to better the industry.
While pledging the support of the members of his association, Otunba Frank Ogunojemite invited other critical stakeholders in the Marine and Blue Economy to collaborate and cooperate with the new DG in the onerous task of steering the ship of NIMASA and by extension the shipping industry in Nigeria.
Photo: Otunba Frank Ogunojemite, National President of APFFLON.
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