Nigeria is aiming to earn over $6 billion annually from selling seafarers trained from the newly approved Maritime University in Delta State, the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Ziakede Akpobolokemi, has said.
The Federal Executive Council (FEC), on Wednesday approved the license for the university as the first full fledged maritime university in West Africa.
Akpobolokemi said: “The Philippines remits over $6 billion from selling seafarers across the globe. So the new Maritime University in Nigeria is intended to sell seafarers across the globe, not only our local industry.
He called on the youths to come and study after graduating to get the necessary sea time experience and the rest of them and expose them anywhere in the world.
Akpobolokemi, praised the FEC for approving the license, noting that NIMASA has recorded more achievements in the past four years than the previous ten years.
He said: “One of the noble steps we have taken have yielded success and that has to do with the formal approval for the take off of the Maritime University in Okerenkoko, Delta State.”
“FEC gave its endorsement for the take off of the university. We are happy because this is unique in this country. In the Sub-Sahara countries, we don’t have maritime universities common. It has been a very challenging period in getting to this level.”
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