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The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA has commenced campaign to review its wrecks removal policy in order to enhance efficiency.
The Director General of NIMASA, Mr. Dakuku Peterside disclosedthis on Tuesday at a forum of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.
Peterside said the agency will revisit the procedure of wreck removal from Nigerian waterways.
He further said the review of the wreck removal process became inevitable, in order to enhance the efficiency of the process.
In his words: “NIMASA is working under the supervision of the Federal Ministry of Transportation to review wreck removal process in order to make Nigerian navigable waters safer for navigation by all. “Once we get the consent of the Federal Ministry of Transportation, we will put out Marine Notice to that effect.”
The agency noted that the Nairobi convention provides for the process via which a ship can be declared a wreck adding that the agency had been following the law diligently.
He explained that the menace of wreck on Nigerian waterways is a challenge inherited by the current administration at NIMASA adding that the implementation of the reviewed process will serve as a catalyst to boost wreck removal from Nigerian waterways.
Recall that several groups of concerned Nigerians have called the attention of government and relevant agencies to the removal of several wreakages littered on Nigerian waterways.