The Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Dakuku Peterside, has said that transportation under maritime sector had witnessed tremendous growth over the years.
Peterside said the shipping sector accounts for over 80 per cent of movement of goods around the world.
The DG spoke at a two-day retreat organized by the House Committee on Ports, Harbour and Waterways, the Federal Ministry of Transportation and its agencies in Lagos
Peterside, who was represented by Director, Cabotage Services, Alhaji Gambo Ahmed, said that the law was the basis of every society.
Peterside said that it was NIMASA’s responsibility to ensure compliance with international maritime conventions in all shipping operations.
According to him, all government agencies were committed to turning things around positively with the interest of the Federal Government in order to have seamless operation.
The Managing Director, National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Mr Boss Mustapha, who was represented by Alhaji Ibrahim Danladi, said that without a successful inland transport system of local shipping, international shipping would not have a huge growth.
Danladi said that 20 barges of goods would take 200 trucks off the Nigerian roads.
