08 Dec 2020

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The Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, has inaugurated the Governing Council of the Chartered Institute of Transport Administration of Nigeria (CIOTA) in Abuja on Friday 4th of December 2020.  The Governing Council of CIOTA is vested with powers by the Act establishing it, to provide general policy guidelines for the effective administration of the Inst...
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18 Dec 2019

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The Charted Institute of Transport Administration (CIOTA) under the leadership of Dr Bashir Jamoh held its first ever National Transport summit in Abuja. The three days event took place between 3rd to 5th of December at the Shehu Musa Yar’adua Centre. The conference brought together the Federal and State Governments and other major stakeholders together, to push for the required polic...
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11 Aug 2019

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Executive Director, Finance and Administration, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Mr. Bashir Jamoh, has been elected President and Chairman of Council of the Chartered Institute of Transport Administration of Nigeria (CIoTA). Jamoh was elected at the institute’s National Conference and Annual General Meeting held in Uyo while the investiture ceremony that wa...
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19 Jan 2022

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One of the reasons, if not the main reason, the Nigerian maritime sector has not been fully developed is the lack of funds required to finance the various activities in the sector, especially shipping development, which includes fleet expansion (indigenous ownership of vessels), shipbuilding and ship repairs. As a matter of fact, in the last five years or so, there has been a steady d...
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12 Jan 2022

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The issue of Nigeria’s maritime sector, its huge but untapped potential, the factors that have militated against harnessing its potential for the country’s economic growth, and what is required to break the jinx, will remain on the front burner of national discourse in a long time. These issues will also continue to engage the attention of stakeholders and others interested in the explor...
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06 Jan 2022

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In the maritime world, a country is measured by the percentage of the world’s total tonnage carried by vessels flying the flag of that country i.e. vessels owned by that country. People speak with nostalgia about the late 1970s and early 1980s when the Nigerian National Shipping Line (NNSL) had about 24 vessels in its fleet. The fact as revealed by the Nigerian Shipping Companies Associa...
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29 Dec 2021

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In my book, Harnessing Nigeria’s Maritime Assets, I had the privilege of interviewing various stakeholders in the maritime industry ranging from past DGs of NIMASA, leaders and representatives of various maritime-related bodies, independent business practitioners in the sector amongst many others. Their wide-ranging views could serve as signposts for navigating some of the challenges fac...
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22 Dec 2021

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The Nigerian Cabotage law operates a waiver system only on grounds of non-availability. This means that waivers may be granted on all the four pillars of Cabotage where the non-availability criteria are satisfied. The conditions for granting waivers are expressly spelt out to prevent the use of waivers to subvert the noble objectives of the Act. For waivers to be granted and depending on...
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15 Dec 2021

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Every nations Cabotage regime is essentially a reflection of that nations enlightened self-interest aimed at ensuring that the shipping industrys universal value is channelled and routed into developing indigenous capacity and expanding local participation of its citizens in the riches of coastal trade. Thus, to increase the participation of Nigerians in the development of the countrys m...
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08 Dec 2021

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Nigeria’s trade relations with Greece at an official level dates back to 1970 when both countries established diplomatic relations with each other. Before then, Greek companies had been operating in Nigeria, some dating back many decades, playing significant roles in the Nigerian economy, essentially in manufacturing. Over the years, trade between the two countries has remained largel...
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01 Dec 2021

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The issue of security and safety in Nigeria’s waterways, up to the entire Gulf of Guinea, is one that will always be on the front burner and receive priority attention from the Federal Government, as long as the country remains part of the international maritime community. It is the only way the country can hope to benefit optimally from being a member of the shipping community whose act...
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24 Nov 2021

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The emergence of Dr. Paul Adalikwu, a Nigerian, as the Secretary-General of the 25-member Maritime Organization of West and Central Africa (MOWCA) comes with a lot of implications for the country in particular, maritime business in the Gulf of Guinea and, indeed, the international maritime community in general. First of all, it re-affirms Nigeria’s leading role in the region where it ...
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17 Nov 2021

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Waste management by governments at different levels in Nigeria has remained an intractable problem, despite various measures that have been put in place to prevent it from reaching a crisis proportion. While the issue hasn’t been collection of waste from homes and industrial establishments by agencies set up by the various governments for that purpose, the main challenge has been how to ...
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