By Ambrose Obioma Okehi (News Emperor)
It was a celebration galour for stakeholders, captains of industry and friend and well wishers as they eulogised and celebrated Dr Bashir Jamoh, the Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), discribing him as a pragmatic leader and a selfless public servant as he clocks 59.
Some of the Stakeholders spoke glowingly about the NIMASA Chief Executive shortly after he delivered the maiden lunch hour lecture of the Corporate Think Tank created by Academy of Maximum Achievement in Lagos.
Prominent among the Stakeholders was Barr Margaret Orakwusi who spoke on the personality of the NIMASA DG, said Dr. Jamoh works beyond what is expected of his office because his passion to see to full realisation of NIMASA’s mandate is not in doubt.
She added that Dr. Jamoh’s intervention in many facets of the maritime industry has rebuild investors’ confidence in the maritime sector and stopped killings of seafarers by pirates who go onboard trawler vessels in the country.
The Managing Director of Genesis Worldwide Shipping, Captain Emmanuel Iheanacho, who is also a ship owner and former Minister of Interior, on his own told the gathering that Jamoh has shown high commitment to national service for over two decades as an employee of NIMASA who providence ushered up to become an executive director and now director general.
To Mr. Oscar Onyema, the Chief Executive of Nigeria Exchange Group as well as Onyeka Onwenu, a popular musician, they described the NIMASA DG as an expert who is broadening non maritime industry players’ knowledge about opportunities and benefits derivable from the maritime industry.
The dignitaries present at birthday bash were majorly maritime stakeholders and other Shipping magnets, who graced the occasion just to celebrate a leader and a man who has demonstrated competence the administration of the apex maritime regulatory agency.
They unanimously agreed and lounded it that NIMASA under Jamoh led management, has achieved improved maritime security using the Suppression of Piracy and Other Maritime Offences (SPOMO) Act.
They commended hands on action and collaborations between NIMASA and other organisations; procurement and deployment deep blue assets for air, land and water surveillance.
The likes of Chief Sam Amuka Pemu, Publisher of Vanguard Newspapers; Chief Mkgeorge Onyung, President of Nigeria Shipowners Association (NISA); Hajia Bola Muse, former President of Women in Maritime, Africa (WIMA); Dr Ade Dosunmu, former Director General of NIMASA were among those at the event to celebrate their own.