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By Isaac Anumihe
Nigerian will, in April, host about 32 African countries at the 3rd Conference of the Association of Heads of African Maritime Administrations (AAMA Conference) in Abuja.
According to the Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside, the meeting will bring together all the major maritime administrators and leading stakeholders in Africa to discuss various issues and ways of improving the maritime sector in the continent.
Peterside disclosed that the hosting of the conference in Nigeria is in line with the economic diversification agenda of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration, and the repositioning agenda of the present management to make Nigerian maritime industry a leading light in Africa and the global maritime sector.
He noted that it would open a new vista of opportunities to the teeming unemployed youths, as well as unlock the potentials in the maritime sector. This is just as the conference could serve as a platform towards Nigeria’s re-election into the IMO Council seat later in November.
