The Governing Board of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety
Agency (NIMASA) has approved the promotion of 595 staff, including nine
Directors. The promotions were approved at a meeting of the Board in
Lagos chaired by Hon. Asita O. Asita.
Nine Deputy Directors were elevated to substantive Directors on Grade
Level 17, while 45 Assistant Directors were promoted to Deputy
Directors, and 71 Grade Level 14 officers were promoted to Assistant
Directors.
Those promoted to Directors are the Agency’s Head, ISPS Unit, Jidda
Aishatu; Head, Marine Accident Investigation Unit, Egbuche Rita; Head,
Eastern Zone, Audu Sani; and Head, Internal Audit, Olamide Odusanya.
Others are Head, HSE Unit, Dr. Anselm Nwanze; Head, Legal Services Unit,
Egejuru Victor; Head, SERVICOM, Bolaji Kehinde; Head, Reform
Coordination Unit, Kabiru Murnai; and Head, Marine Environment
Management Department, Dr. Felicia Mogo.
The Agency’s spokesman, Phillip Kyanet, is among the newly promoted
Deputy Directors.
Director-General of NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, congratulated the promoted
staff and charged them to bring their wealth of knowledge and experience
to bear on their new positions.
Jamoh stated, “To whom much is given, much is expected. This promotion
is intended to reinvigorate the attitude of staff to work and bring
about more commitment towards transforming the fortunes of the maritime
sector.”
He added that well-motivated staff is the driving force for the maritime
industry transformation for economic development.