{"id":20857,"date":"2018-01-27T19:13:50","date_gmt":"2018-01-27T18:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=20857"},"modified":"2018-01-27T19:13:50","modified_gmt":"2018-01-27T18:13:50","slug":"20857-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/20857-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Dakuku: Nigeria, Strategic To Tackling Maritime Crimes In Gulf Of Guinea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"m_6877078566501616860ydpba52d918MsoNormal\">The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has described the Nigerian maritime sector as strategic to tackling issues of insecurity in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG).<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_6877078566501616860ydpba52d918MsoNormal\">\u00a0 Dr. Peterside, who stated this while presenting a paper titled;\u00a0<i>\u201cNigeria\u2019s role in combating maritime insecurity in the Gulf of Guinea\u201d\u00a0<\/i>at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, London, noted that Nigeria which accounts for 65 per cent of cargo generated and accounts for the largest population within the region is central to the success or otherwise of the fight against piracy in the GoG.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_6877078566501616860ydpba52d918MsoNormal\">\u00a0 While acknowledging that maritime insecurity has economic, social and environmental implication in the region, the NIMASA DG told the international community that Nigeria is leaving no stone unturned to solve the challenges, which has led it to approaching the menace through a total spectrum maritime strategy which include law enforcement, Regional Cooperation, Response Capability building and enhanced maritime domain awareness for all organs of government responsible for maritime security.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_6877078566501616860ydpba52d918MsoNormal\">\u00a0 \u201cWe in Nigeria have installed satellite surveillance systems, Coastal Radar systems, and the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System GMDSS amongst others. The Anti-Piracy bill which is currently undergoing legislative procedures is aimed at criminalizing piracy and all maritime crimes in the country\u2019s maritime domain with attendant punishment enshrined in the Nigerian legal framework.\u201d He said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_6877078566501616860ydpba52d918MsoNormal\">\u00a0 The NIMASA DG noted that the implementation of an Integrated National Surveillance and Waterways Protection Solution with command and control infrastructure in the Agency is part of Nigerian government deep blue contract to enhance security in the Gulf of Guinea.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_6877078566501616860ydpba52d918MsoNormal\"><b><i>\u00a0 In his words, \u201c<\/i><\/b><i>The deliverables from the deep blue project are expected to bolster Nigeria\u2019s maritime security architecture and increase monitoring and compliance enforcement within the Nigerian waters and it\u2019s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)\u201d. The fact that the Nigerian Navy has stepped up its activities in the Nigerian creeks which has seen the figures of illegal refineries destroyed rise exponentially from 97 in 2015 to over 1221 in 2017\u201d.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_6877078566501616860ydpba52d918MsoNormal\"><i>\u00a0\u00a0<\/i>Dr. Dakuku also cited global maritime piracy statistics obtained from icc-css, which shows a decline in piracy attacks in Nigerian waters from 445 in 2010 to about 180 in 2017 as an indication that the fight against piracy in Nigeria is headed in the right direction.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p class=\"m_6877078566501616860ydpba52d918MsoNormal\">\u00a0 Accordingly, the NIMASA DG noted that Nigeria\u2019s intervention has led to the establishments of ECOWAS Integrated Maritime Security Strategy (EIMS), and Inter-Regional Coordination Centre (ICC) in Yaound\u00e9 Cameroun and that Nigeria played a leading role in the establishment of African Integrated Maritime Security (AIMS).<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_6877078566501616860ydpba52d918MsoNormal\">\u00a0 Speaking further, he highlighted factors that makes Nigeria strategic in the fight against maritime crimes in the region to include; being the country with the highest number of military contingent and might within the region, huge deposit of oil and gas; thereby making it a place of interest for international energy dynamics, the geo-strategical location of Nigeria and the country with the largest delta areas of the world characterized by thousands of creeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_6877078566501616860ydpba52d918MsoNormal\">\u00a0 On the operational level, he disclosed that NIMASA, through collaboration with the Nigerian Navy in 2012-2013 established \u201cOperation Prosperity\u201d, which has seen to the reduction of criminal activities in the region.\u00a0<b><i>\u201cNIMASA on behalf of Nigeria also houses one of the five designated Regional Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (RMRCC)\u201d,\u00a0<\/i><\/b>he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_6877078566501616860ydpba52d918MsoNormal\">\u00a0 Dr. Peterside who is the current Chairman of the Association of African Maritime Administrations (AAMA) called for continuous collaboration amongst partners across continents and proffered that improved profiling and information sharing on maritime criminality and illegality, enhanced maritime domain awareness and surface to air patrol capabilities, functional legal framework, integration of national inter-agency efforts, youth empowerment programmes amongst others are factors that can help bring solutions to the issues surrounding insecurity in the maritime space.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_6877078566501616860ydpba52d918MsoNormal\">\u00a0 The Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, is an independent policy institute based in London with a mission to help build a sustainably secure, prosperous and just world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_6877078566501616860ydpba52d918MsoNormal\">\u00a0 A statement issued by Head, Corporate Communications, Isichei Osamgbi explained that the institute engages governments, the private sector, civil society and its members in open debates and private discussions about the most significant developments in international affairs. 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