NIMASA to Create Shipping Registration Unit At Blue Economy Ministry to Curb Foreign Incursion

NIMASA Sets to Establish a Shipping Business and Registration Unit at the Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy in order to address foreign incursion into indigenous shipping agents business.

Director-General of NIMASA, Dr Dayo Mobereola stated this at the stakeholders engagement meeting organised by the Ministry in Lagos on Thursday.

Dr Mobereola states that the agency has noted with concern, the foreign incursion into certain aspects of ports and shipping business which is supposed to be exclusive for Nigerian indigenes.

Recall that stakeholders in the sector have over the years cried out over indiginisation of certain jobs in the shipping sector, including the shipping and freight forwarding sector.

Speaking, the NIMASA Boss said “We need to establish a mandatory registration and licensing portal for Nigerian shipping agents, they would be the only ones with the rights to operate in Nigerian shipping industry.

“This would eliminate the foreign incursions that we have observed. We also noticed that these foreigners are registering companies with the assistance of Nigerians, so the purpose here is to eliminate such acts, and help us develop the Nigerian shipping and most importantly the shipping agents sector to make it more economically friendly and create jobs for Nigerians.

“This department would be created soon upon the approval of the Honourable Minister of Marine and Blue Economy”