Vincent Toritseju
15 January 2019, Sweetcrude, Lagos — Following the recent upsurge in pirate attacks on vessel and abduction of sailors on Nigeria’s territorial and coastal waters, Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr. Dakuku Peterside say his agency has concluded plans to host a global summit on Piracy.
Speaking on the sideline of the agency’s award night held in Lagos over the weekend, Peterside attributed the incessant pirate attacks on vessels and crew members on the Hugh oil and gas industry in Nigeria, an economy that is absent in most African countries.
He also said that the world will gather in Nigeria to discuss maritime security in Nigeria adding that after the Summit, piracy will become a thing of the past in Nigeria.
Although Peterside was silent on the month and date of the Summit, he how stated that measures will continue to be put in place to reduce or eliminate the menace of piracy.
