ALMAN ASSURES NIGERIAN NAVY, POLICE FORCE, NIMASA OF RAPPORT

The Association of Licenced Maritime Academies of Nigeria (ALMAN) has promised improved connections and stronger ties to the Nigerian Navy (NN), the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA).

This was stated in the "New Year Commitment" press release that the association's secretary-general, Dr. Musa AKINYEMI, recently sent out from Lagos.

As far as ALMAN is concerned, Musa AKINYEMI states that "in 2024, it's a new year, a new beginning with the NN, NPF, and NIMASA." He went on to say that this is the result of these three federal government entities possessing the harmonious capabilities necessary to maintain the country's marine position and health.

ALMAN, Dr. Akinyemi said, is a highly-responsible organised private sector-led initiative to integrate the standards, quality, and integrity of maritime education and training in Nigeria with inclusivity. Such an association and its nationalistic leadership would never have aimed to oppressing or castigate any one, let alone its critical stakeholders, especially the Navy, Police and NIMASA.

The three bodies here under focus have come a long way with the necessary records and virgin grounds that ALMAN should commend and explore to promote an excellent comradeship. This, the Secretary-General further explained would pave the way and engender a robust and sustainable maritime domain for the active players who had since dreamt of when our dear nation could harness all her maritime possibilities. According to Musa AKINYEMI, "Today, that dream is now a reality with the birth of the Marine and Blue Economy as an independent Federal Ministry". ALMAN won't want to stand aloof any longer, he had said.

We are better prepared and would be more delighted to openly submit our Position Paper to the Honourable Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, H. E. Adegboyega Oyetola, CON; pay a Courtesy Visit to the Chief of Naval Staff; have an Audience with the Inspector-General of Police; and have a Dialogue with the Director-General of NIMASA.

It is high time we got it right producing qualified and competent off-shore professionals and on-shore graduates per the succession plan, to rejig and rebound the industry to the twenty-first century glory, thus making Nigeria a global maritime destination", concluded the ALMAN scribe.