International Maritime Organisation’s Head To Visit Nigeria In October

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) said the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), Arsenio Dominguez, volition circuit Nigerian Navy installations arsenic good arsenic NIMASA facilities successful Lagos during his three-day moving sojourn to Nigeria from October 2nd to 4th, 2025.

The manager wide of NIMASA, Dr. Dayo Mobereola, made the disclosure during a courtesy sojourn to the Agency’s office by the Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) Western Naval Command, Rear Admiral Michael Gregory Oamen.

Dr. Mobereola commended the FOC for sustaining the long-standing and productive collaboration betwixt the Nigerian Navy and NIMASA, describing it arsenic a exemplary for maritime assemblage development.

“The sojourn of the Flag Officer Commanding, Western Naval Command is yet different objection of the heavy and palmy concern betwixt NIMASA and the Nigerian Navy, which has continued to output affirmative outcomes for the maritime assemblage and the federation astatine large,” helium stated.

The NIMASA DG emphasised that the successes achieved done this partnership, peculiarly the simplification of piracy and maritime crimes, not lone successful Nigerian waters but crossed the Gulf of Guinea, service arsenic a template that tin beryllium replicated by different authorities agencies and determination partners.

He further disclosed that during his visit, the IMO caput wide volition circuit Nigerian Navy installations arsenic good arsenic NIMASA facilities successful Lagos, underscoring the value of Nigeria’s efforts successful enhancing maritime information and promoting planetary maritime cooperation.

In his remarks, Rear Admiral Oamen commended NIMASA’s existent absorption for its sustained collaboration with the Nigerian Navy, noting that specified synergy remains captious to the maturation and stableness of the maritime sector.