Maritime Academy Secures Approval For New Simulators, Mulls Training Vessel For Cadets

The acting Rector of the Maritime Academy of Nigeria (MAN), Oron, Dr. Kevin Okonna, connected Tuesday, said the Academy has commenced the procurement process for the acquisition of 2 marque caller simulators successful bid to conscionable manufacture requirements.

This was disclosed astatine the property briefing connected the existent authorities of the Academy and facts astir its grooming standard, connected the sidelines of the 3rd 4th 2025 Citizens and Stakeholders’ Engagement, titled, “Implementation of the National Policy connected Marine and Blue Economy for Onboard Training of Nigerian Merchant Navy Cadets and the Critical Needs of Maritine Academy of Nigeria.

The acting Rector further stated that the academy is collaborating with the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) connected accrued designation of Nigeria’s Seafarers  Certificates of Competency (CoC).

Dr Okonna who said the academy is continually seeking employment of appropriately qualified and experienced nonrecreational lecturers and instructors, said the Academy is continuing to grow connected its grooming facilities and the courses offered.

He besides revealed that the simulator grooming Indian adept who near successful 2021 would beryllium returning to the academy.

According to him, the Academy has secured support done the 2025 appropriation enactment to guarantee continual betterment of the Academy successful prime of training, grooming facilities, infrastructural development, and employment of much instructors and lecturers.

“It is pertinent to enactment that the Academy is continuing to grow connected its grooming offering and facilities; therefore, it is continually seeking the employment of appropriately qualified and experienced nonrecreational lecturers and instructors.

“The absorption of the Academy has intensified collaboration with NIMASA connected issues bordering connected accrued designation of Nigeria’s seafarers’ CoC”

“The Academy wrote to and collaborated with maritime nonrecreational associations and the Alumni of the Academy (AMANO) from January 2025 for the employment of much maritime professionals to alteration enlargement successful the Academy’s people offering and betterment successful the prime of training.

“Since January 2025, the Academy has employed and engaged a full of 7 marine nonrecreational lecturers, including 2 Master Mariners with Unlimited (Foreign Going) Certificates of Competency (including the expatriate Master Mariner & Simulator Training Expert who near the Academy successful October 2021 and is rejoining the Academy precisely time from India).

“One Master Coastal Navigation (with different Foreign Going CoCs), One Chief Engineer (Unlimited), One Chief Mate (Unlimited), and 2 Deck officers (with Unlimited (Foreign Going) Certificates of Competency).”

He stated further that for the archetypal clip since its establishment, the Academy has completed the improvement of Conditions and Scheme of Service for unit of the Academy

“Obtained the support of the 2025 Appropriation with the champion provisions for ensuring the continual betterment of the Academy successful prime of training, grooming facilities, infrastructural development, employment of much lecturers/instructors, capableness gathering of the unit and unit payment successful enactment with the Ministerial Performance Deliverables for the accomplishment of the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Tinubu.

“For the archetypal clip since its establishment, the Academy has completed the improvement of Conditions and Scheme of Service for unit of the Academy and obtained the recommendations of the Governing Council of the Academy and the Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy and the bureau of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation,  wherever it is receiving attention.”

Also speaking is the president of the Governing Council of the Academy, Engr. Kehinde Akinola mulled plans to acquisition grooming vessels for the grooming of cadets of the Academy.

Engr Akinola said the grooming vas would assistance lick the situation of cadetship grooming that has bedevilled the institution.

According to him, the inaugural was portion of the academy’s five-year strategical plan, which would further reposition the academy and marque it 1 of the champion astir the world.

Engr Akinola, who stated that MAN Oron has 1 of the champion Simulators successful the world, explained that getting a grooming vas volition further mean achieving President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda.

“We person plans to get a grooming vas for the grooming of our cadets,” helium stated.

The governing assembly president besides noted that the Academy has provided backing for the Academy’s 2025 fund seatime grooming for the cadets.

He said, “In 2025 budgets, we person à proviso for our cadets to beryllium trained onboard vessels adjacent if we indispensable pay.”

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