NIMASA DG, Peterside emerges AMAA president

The Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Dakuku Peterside, has emerged Chairman and President of the Association of African Maritime Administration (AMAA), in a new election held Friday. This was made known to newsmen by Alhaji Bashir Jamoh, the Executive Director, Finance of NIMASA and Chairman AAMA Conference Local Organising Committee at a news conference in Abuja. At the event, which drew the curtain on the third conference of the association, Jamoh said Peterside was collectively elected by all member nations of the association.  Peterside took over from Mr Sobantu Tilayi, presently the Acting Chief Executive Officer of the South African Maritime Administration. “The election would serve as a platform for African countries, Asia and European nations to support Nigeria in getting elected into Category `C’ of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Council. Jamoh said. The 4th session of the conference, according to him, holds in Egypt in 2018, while Namibia and Seychelles have the provisional hosting right for 2019. The executive director also stated that the secretariat of the association is still domiciled in South Africa. In the opinion of Jamoh however, countries not represented at the conference could have encountered a visa problem. He said, in other words, that all African countries were substantive members of the association.