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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2019
By Godfrey Bivbere
The worrisome issue of
sea time training for past
graduates of the Maritime
Academy of Nigeria, MAN
Oron, in Akwa Ibom State,
will not affect new intakes, the
Rector, Duja Effedua, has
assured.
Giving the assurance in
Lagos at the inauguration of
the new leadership of the Ship
Owners Association of
Nigeria, SOAN weekend,
Effedua, said the academy has
reached agreement with SOAN
to absolve them from the
completion of their first year at
the academy.
Tin-can port
receives 213
vessels with
6.8m tonnage
Q1, 19
By Godfrey Bivbere
& Godwin Oritse
Tin-can Island port
received a total of 213
vessels that brought in
6,778,397/gross tonnage in the
first quarter of this year Port
Manager,Emmanuel
Akporherhe has said.
Akporherhe disclosed this
Friday during the facility tour
of the port by the board
members of Nigerian Ports
Authority, NPA.
The port manager said that
the total throughput for the
period above was 4,790,282
He told the visiting board
members that the success
recorded in the first quarter of
the year was as a result of a
collective effort put in place by
him and his staff, adding that
it would not have been easy for
him alone to achieve that
without the efforts of staff of the
port.
Highlighting some of the
challenges facing the port, the
port manager said the bad
roads and heavy traffic on
Apapa road almost crippled and
greatly hampered some of the
port activities.
In his response, the board
chairman, Emmanuel Adesoye,
promised that adequate
arrangement and plans will be
put in place to tackle the road
issue, stressing that gridlock
will also be given adequate
attention.
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Cadets: Why new intakes wouldn’t have
sea time training problem — Rector
He pointed out that as a first
step, they had to drastically
reduce the number of
admission from between 1,200
- 2,000 to less than 250 to
ensure the quality of their
training as well as sea time for
them.
According to him, “On our
part as management in
conjunction with the board
members, we have decided to
reduce the cadet intake from
1,800 to about 30 in a class.
So with the 30 we can manage.
“We have invited SOAN to
come. It is not difficult for
them to put two cadets onboard
each of their vessels which is
about 15 to 20 ships and l know
ship owners have over a 100
ships in their fleet.
“The time the cadets have to
spend is about four years. After
National Diploma, ND1, the
cadets go for one year sea time
training and come back for
ND2.
“The first year they spend
onboard the academy pays, it
is not going to be free but we
expect the ship owners should
give us some concession too,
it is part of what we intend to
discuss with them when they
come. “We give them a sea log
book to record the number of
hours they spend at sea. So for
that one year, they would have
gained some sea time hours
and then they come back for
ND2.
“When they complete ND2,
they go for another one year
that means that they have two
years onboard. Then by the
time they come back for their
Higher National Diploma,
HND1, during their one year
break, they go back that
means three years onboard.
“When they graduate after
HND2, they are free. Where
they have worked, if they have
actually asserted themselves
and have made themselves
dependable, then the ship
owner will recall them just like
we have with youth corpers,”
he noted.
Hajia Lami Tumaka, Director Special Duties representing Dr. Dakuku Peterside, Director General of NIMASA conducting
the Deputy Governor of Niger State, Alhaji Mohammed Ahmed Ketso round some of the relief materials donated by
NIMASA in Minna.
NIMASA donates relief material to flood victims in Niger state
By Godwin Oritse
THE Nigerian Maritime
Administration and
Safety Agency (NIMASA) in
continuation of its nationwide
donation of relief items to
victims affected by flood in
some 20 states of the country
has made presentation to the
people so affected in Niger
State.
NIMASA’s Director
General, Dr. Dakuku
Peterside said who spoke at
the presentation ceremony in
Minna, said that the donated
material will alleviate the
suffering of the people who
were displaced by floods in
the state last year.
Peterside who was
represented by Hajia Lami
Tumaka, Director Special
Duties, External Relations
and Technical Cooperation,
commiserated with the
families of those who lost
loved ones and property and
assured of the Agency’s
preparedness to extend
support to Nigerians in
distress.
According to the DG, “we
are here to extend our hand of
fellowship to you and to let you
know that NIMASA cares.
The fact that you are here
today, does not make you any
less Nigerian, but for the
circumstances that brought
you here. As a socially
responsible corporate entity,
NIMASA remains committed
to supporting all Nigerians in
distress, no matter how little.
“This exercise will take us to
20 states covering the six Geo-
Political Zones where
Nigerians have been
displaced through natural
disasters, insurgency and
other forms of conflict. This is
just our way of supporting the
Federal and State
governments in catering for
the needs of the displaced so
that they do not feel
abandoned in their times of
need”.