NIIA is key to harnessing Nigeria's blue economy —Jamoh

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Security Agency NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh OFR, says the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, NIIA has a critical role to play in ensuring that Nigeria fully exploits the blue economy potential

The CEO of NIMASA said this while presenting a paper titled “Opportunities and Challenges in Harnessing the Blue Economy at a seminar organized by NIIA on the topic of “Safety, Security and Development in Nigeria's Maritime Domain: Issues, Strategies and Prospects".< /p>

Jamoh noted that collaboration between all organs of government in Nigeria and the organized private sector will accelerate the exploitation of the blue economy in Nigeria, citing the successes of the Deep Blue project which is built on collaboration.

In his words, our task at NIMASA is to explore how Nigeria can maximize the benefits arising from our blue economy. This blue economy concept, which gained prominence a few years ago, requires local, regional and international collaboration to manage critical factors. The Nigerian Institute of International Affairs should play a role in advising the government on policies that would facilitate the realization of the blue economy”. Just as in the field of maritime security, the Deep Blue project has shown that through cooperation and collaboration, excellent results can be achieved. This is why I appreciate the involvement of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Nigerian Customs Service as well as the Nigerian Navy.”

For his part, the Director General of NIIA, Professor Eghosa Osaghae, while acknowledging the progress made in securing the Nigerian maritime domain and the Gulf of Guinea, stressed the importance of the blue economy to the global scale while calling for sustainable use of ocean resources to be taken into account when developing government policies.

In his words, “In economic terms, the global blue economy would be the seventh largest in the world, underscoring its importance. As such, the sustainable use of the blue economy for economic growth should be at the heart of any policy formulation by government"

The Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) is Africa's leading foreign policy think tank with the aim of helping governments and societies create a secure and prosperous world.

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