{"id":71647,"date":"2023-05-08T16:35:32","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T15:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=71647"},"modified":"2023-05-08T16:35:32","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T15:35:32","slug":"invest-in-maritime-sector-nimasa-tells-nigerians-in-diaspora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/invest-in-maritime-sector-nimasa-tells-nigerians-in-diaspora\/","title":{"rendered":"Invest In Maritime Sector, NIMASA Tells Nigerians In Diaspora"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has called on Nigerians in diaspora to consider investing in the country&#8217;s maritime sector, describing it as the next big thing packed with assets to fuel the growth of the economy.<\/p>\n<p>NIMASA&#8217;s Director General, Dr Bashir Jamoh OFR, made the call during the closing ceremony of the Global African Diaspora Symposium, themed, &#8216;Building stronger connections between Africa and the Global Diaspora,&#8217; in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>Representing the DG, the Director, Special Duties, Mr Isichie Osamgbi said, &#8220;the maritime sector is an untapped gold in the country and we see it as the future oil. The assets in the maritime industry &#8211; we call it the &#8216;blue economy&#8217; is far greater than you can imagine. So we believe it is something worth investing in now. An investment in the maritime sector in Nigeria is considered well invested funds \u201c<\/p>\n<p>On her part, the Director General, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) &#8211; organizers of the Symposium, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, expressed appreciation to NIMASA for their support to the programme and urged participants interested in the maritime industry to reach out to the Agency for clarity.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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>Picture Caption:<\/p>\n<p>Director, Special Duties, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Mr Isichei Osamgbi receiving an award on behalf of the Director General, NIMASA, Dr Bashir Yusuf Jamoh, OFR during the Global African Diaspora Symposium in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has called on Nigerians in diaspora to consider investing in the country&#8217;s maritime sector, describing it as the next big thing packed with assets to fuel the growth of the economy.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":71648,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,5250,17],"tags":[743],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-71647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-business","category-maritime","category-news","tag-nimasa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - 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