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FG receives receives interim report on Nigerian fleet

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September 8, 2022
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The Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Jaji Sambo, has received an interim report on the Nigerian Fleet Implementation on behalf of the federal government.

Nigerian Fleet Implementation Committee submitted the report to him on Tuesday in Abuja. The committee was set up advise on the requirements to establish a strong and sustainable national fleet.

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Receiving the report at the Ministry in Abuja, the Minister stated that “Nigeria is a maritime country and if Nigeria gets it’s acts together, the country will have no business looking for money from the oil sector as contribution to the GDP of the country.” 

Speaking on how the project can be immediately realized, he said: “I don’t know whether in the course of the Committee’s consultations with other Stakeholders, you were able to have some conversations with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) because, If NNPC, can give 100 % support, this matter can be closed in two months,” 

“How can we be an oil producer, I think we are the sixth  largest oil producers in the world and i don’t think that position have shifted and yet we don’t have one single boat carrier,” the Minister asked while informing that he would approach the President, Mohammadu Buhari and  the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources on the prospects and implementation of the Nigerian Fleet. 

Earlier, the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers’ Council,and Chairman, Nigerian Fleet Implementation Committee (NFIC),  Emmanuel Jime, said the Committee was constituted by the immediate past Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, to implement the recommendations in the report by an earlier Ministerial Committee on Modalities for the Establishment of a Nigerian Fleet.. 

Jime who was represented by Managing Director, Sea Transport Group and member, NFIC, Umar Aminu, stated that the initiative was a way of responding to the non participation of Nigerians in the carriage of Nigeria’s international cargo as well as the loss of freight revenue, jobs and other benefits which would otherwise have accrued to the country. 

He also said: “In the course of carrying out the mandate, lessons have been learnt and some modest achievements have been recorded. These have been captured in this interim report which we are submitting today. The work is still ongoing and the goal of creating an enabling environment for the growth of sustainable Nigerian fleet will be achieved in due course”. 

Continuing, Jime noted: “There were challenges that impeded the quick realization of the project as earlier envisaged. Shipping is international and competitive in nature and Nigeria cannot operate in isolation, hence the need for the operating environment to be similar to what obtains elsewhere. This has been a major challenge to the growth of the sector in Nigeria. Review of certain trade policies, access to funds and technical/human capacity are issues that need to be resolved”. 

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