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    Maritime security: NIMASA seeks military led patrol to curb piracy

    April 28, 2016
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    *Dr. Dakuku Peterside, Director General of NIMASA and Vice Admiral Ibok Ete-Ibas, the Chief of the Naval Staff in a photograph with some Management staff of both institutions.
    *Mr. Dakuku Peterside, Director General of NIMASA and Vice Admiral Ibok Ete-Ibas, the Chief of the Naval Staff in a photograph with some Management staff of both institutions.

    Kunle Kalejaye

    28 April 2016, Sweetcrude, Houston —
    The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr. Dakuku Peterside has once more reiterated his desire for a military-led patrol of the Nigeria maritime domain to curb the rising incidences of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea.

    The DG maintained that the rising issues of piracy has affected the economic fortunes of the country and called on the military to initiate a joint patrol of the maritime domain with a view to decisively curbing this trend.

    Dr. Peterside stated this when he led some members of the Agency’s management on a working visit to the Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Ibok Ete-Ibas and the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. General Tukur Buratai at the Defence Head Quarters in Abuja.

    Addressing the Service Chiefs separately, Dr. Peterside acknowledged the gallantry of officers and men of the Nigerian Armed Forces in the fight against insurgency.

    The DG who noted that maritime security is a national and international obligation of all stakeholders also called on the Nigerian Navy to continue with a good job of fighting piracy which they have been doing.

    He also assured the CNS of NIMASA’s resolve to strengthen the existing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Navy in order to eradicate piracy and other criminal activities on Nigerian waters.

    Responding, Vice Admiral Ete-Ibas congratulated Dr. Peterside on his appointment as NIMASA DG and pledged the support of the Nigeria Navy to continue to partner the Agency in maintaining safety and security on Nigerian waters.

    The CNS stated that as a strategy to nip the rising cases of piracy, the Nigerian Navy has deployed boat houses at the entry points of the creeks and is in the process of inaugurating a surveillance system being developed by the Office of the National Security Adviser to increase its domain awareness.

    At the Army Head Quarters, Lt. General Buratai pledged the support of the Amphibious Brigade of the Nigerian Army to collaborate with the NIMASA and other stakeholders to maintain security on Nigerian waters.

    The COAS who noted that the Nigerian Army has the capacity to protect Nigeria’s maritime assets also expressed their commitment to reducing the incidences of piracy, kidnapping and oil theft in the Niger Delta.

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