Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dakuku Peterside, says the agency will revisit the procedure of wreck removal from Nigerian waterways.
Peterside who made this declaration while speaking at a forum of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, said the review of the wreck removal process became inevitable in order to enhance the efficiency of the process.
According to him, “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.”
He said 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.
While acknowledging that the challenge of wreck on Nigerian waterways is a challenge inherited by the current administration at NIMASA, he assured Nigerians that the implementation of the reviewed process will serve as a catalyst to boost wreck removal from Nigerian waterways.
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