The Acting Director General\/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian
\nMaritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Mr. Haruna Baba Jauro
\nhas approved the redeployment of some senior management staff of the
\nAgency.<\/p>\n
According to the Acting DG, the new postings are expected to reposition
\nthe Agency towards meeting its statutory mandate as enshrined in the
\nNIMASA Act and other enabling instruments.<\/p>\n
The deployment exercise has Mr. Ibrahim Jibril as the Director of
\nAdministration and Personnel Services department, Mr. Felix Bob Nabena is
\nDirector of SERVICOM, Mr Olayemi Abass takes over as the Head of Financial
\nServices department, Mr. Suleman Abdulsalam is the Ag. Legal Adviser, Mr.
\nMohammed Sani is the Head of Procurement department while Hassan el-Yakub
\nis Head of Cabotage Department.<\/p>\n
Similarly, Hajia Lami Tumaka is now the Deputy Director\/Head of Public
\nRelations, Aisha Musa has been redeployed to Head the Western Zone, Mr.
\nIsichei Osamgbi is Deputy Director, Maritime Guard Command, Mr. Dele
\nEjekuko is in charge of Zones in the DG\u2019s Office and Mr. Eric Orji is the
\nActing Registrar of Ships.<\/p>\n
Mr. Jibril who until this posting was the Director of Planning Research
\nand Data Management Services department is an astute administrator of over
\n30 years cognate experience in the Transport and Logistics sector. He was
\nat various times head of Human Resources, Public Relations and Maritime
\nCapacity Building Units of the Agency. Mr Jibril holds a diploma in
\nAircraft Engineering in 1982, a degree in Public Administration and a
\nmasters degree in International Law and Diplomacy. He is also a Fellow of
\nthe Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (FCILT) and the
\nNigerian Institute of Management (FNIM).<\/p>\n
A 1994 graduate of Business Administration, Mr. Bob Nabena also holds an
\nMBA in Management and was until his deployment to SERVICOM the Director of
\nAdministration and Personnel Services after having served as the Special
\nAssistant to the former DG of NIMASA, Dr. Ziakede Patrick Akpobolokemi for
\nfour years.<\/p>\n
The new Head of the Financial Services Department, Mr. Olayemi Abass is a
\n1988 HND holder in Accounting with an M.Sc in Contemporary Accounting from
\nthe Leeds Metropolitan University. He is also a member of the Association
\nof National Accountants of Nigeria. He has held several positions in the
\nAgency including Deputy Director Finance, Coordinator of the Eastern Zonal
\nOffice of NIMASA and more recently was in charge of Zonal Coordination in
\nthe DG\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n
Mr. Abdulsalam, a Deputy Director, until his posting as the Ag. Legal
\nAdviser to the Agency was the Registrar of Ships. A 1986 graduate of Law,
\nthe new Legal Adviser also holds a Masters degree in Law and has
\npreviously worked in various capacities in the Legal Unit and Planning
\nResearch and Data Management Services department.<\/p>\n
Mr. Mohammed Sani whose current posting is Head of the Procurement
\ndepartment is a Deputy Director whose service to the Agency cuts across
\nmany areas. The 1981 graduate of Sociology who also holds a Masters in
\nPublic Administration is the immediate past head of SERVICOM. He was
\npreviously the Head of Zonal Coordination in the DG\u2019s Office as well as
\nCoordinator, Eastern Zone.<\/p>\n
Mr. el-Yakub is a 1981 HND graduate who also holds a masters degree in
\nTransport Technology. He has previously worked in Shipping Development,
\nCabotage and Western Zonal Office as a Deputy Director.<\/p>\n
Hajia Lami Tumaka, the current head of Public Relations has served in this
\ncapacity in two previous occasions. A 1979 graduate of English, Hajia
\nTumaka also holds a diploma in Public Relations and an MBA in Business
\nManagement. The Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations
\n(FNIPR) brings to bear on this assignment, about three decades cognate
\nexperience in journalism, public relations and management. She has
\npreviously worked in the Planning, Research and Data Management Services
\nand Administration and Personnel Services departments of the Agency with
\nher most recent posting being Deputy Director Maritime Guard Command.<\/p>\n
Mrs. Aisha Musa returns to a familiar turf as Coordinator of the Western
\nZone having served in that capacity previously. A 1982 graduate of Law,
\nMrs. Musa had also served as the Registrar of Ships and Deputy Director
\nLegal in the DG\u2019s office.<\/p>\n
The immediate past Head of Public Relations, Mr. isichei Osamgbi is a 1992
\ngraduate of English who also hold a masters degree in International Law
\nand Diplomacy. Mr. Osamgbi who is now Deputy Director Maritime Guard
\nCommand had earlier served as Coordinator of the Abuja Liaison Office and
\nhas about twenty years previous experience in journalism and the Oil and
\nGas sector.<\/p>\n
Mrs. Uruakpa who until her deployment as Deputy Director Maritime Labour
\nServices was the Ag. Legal Adviser, is a 1985 graduate of Law and also
\nhold a Masters in Public Administration.<\/p>\n
Mr. Eric Orji, the Acting Registrar of Ships was until this new posting,
\nan Assistant Director in the Ship Registry. A 1986 Law graduate with
\nmasters in International Maritime Law, Mr. Orji had previously served in
\nShipping Development department.<\/p>\n
All handing and taking over processes have since been concluded and the
\nDirectors settled in their new postings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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