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About NIMASA

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) is the apex regulatory and promotional maritime agency. The Agency was created from the merger of National Maritime Authority and Joint Maritime Labour Industrial Council (former parastatals of the Federal Ministry of Transport) on the 1st August 2006. The obligation of regulating the Maritime industry in Nigeria rests on the Agency through the relevant instruments :-

i.    Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency Act. 2007. Click to download 
ii.    Merchant Shipping Act. 2007. Click to download 
iii.   Coastal and Inland Shipping (Cabotage) Act 2003 Click to download 

    The Agency was established primarily for the administration of Maritime Safety Seafarers Standards and Security, Maritime Labour, Shipping Regulation, Promotion of Commercial Shipping and Cabotage activities, Pollution Prevention and Control in the marine environment, the Agency also implements domesticated International Maritime Organization (IMO) and International Labour Organization (ILO) Conventions.

      OUR VISION

      To be the Leading Maritime Administration in Africa advancing Nigeria’s Global Maritime goals

      OUR MISSION

      To achieve and sustain safe, secure shipping, cleaner oceans and enhanced maritime capacity in line with the best global practices towards Nigeria’s economic development

      CORE FUNCTIONS

      • Pursue the development of shipping and regulatory matters relating to merchant shipping and seafarers.
      • Administration and regulation of shipping licenses.
      • Administration, Regulation and Certification of Seafarers.
      • Establishment of Maritime Training and Safety Standards
      • Regulation of safety of shipping as regards the construction of ships and navigation.
      • Provision of Maritime Search and Rescue Services
      • Provide direction and ensure compliance with vessels security measures
      • Carry out Air and Coastal Surveillance
      • Control and prevent Maritime Pollution
      • Develop and implement policies and programs, which will facilitate the growth of local capacity in ownership, manning and construction of ships and other maritime infrastructure.
      • Enhance and administer the provision of Cabotage Act. 2003
      • Perform Port and Flag State duties.
      • Provide Maritime Security.
      • Establish the procedure for the implementation of conventions of the International Maritime    Organization (IMO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO), and other international conventions to which the Federal Republic of Nigeria is a party on Maritime Safety and Security, Maritime Labour, Commercial Shipping, and for the implementation of Codes, Resolutions and Circulars arising there from.

      MANAGEMENT TEAM

      Dr. Dayo Mobereola

      Director General/CEO

      Mr. Chudi Offodile

      Executive Director Finance and Administration

      Engr. Fatai Taiye Adeyemi

      Executive Director Operations

      Mr. Jibril Abba

      Executive Director, Maritime Labour & Cabotage Services

      NIMASA Medium Term Strategic Plan

      Board of Directors

      Annual Report

      OUR Core Values

      CAPITEL-D

      COMMITMENT

      ACCOUNTABILITY

      PROFESSIONALISM

      INTEGRITY

      TEAM WORK

      EXCELLENCE

      LEADERSHIP

      DISCIPLINE

      ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

      The Triple “S” also known as the NIMASA Performance Tripod is designed as the compass of the NIMASA’s executive management in charting the course of the Agency within the three cardinal concerns that truly reflect NIMASA’s composite of mandates as both the regulator and harnesser of Nigeria’s maritime domain.
      It is a three-point strategic agenda of the critical elements of the NIMASA commission drawn from the various legal and statutory instruments governing the agency’s existence and operations.
      All of the various policy initiatives, interventions, plans, and partnerships of NIMASA are expected to be pursued on the platform of the tripod of Maritime Security as Existential Priority, Maritime Safety as Operational Necessity, and Shipping Development with Economic Urgency.

      The Agency Organogram

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