The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has promised to offer scholarship to ten Rivers State secondary leavers in Marine Engineering and Marine Architecture courses overseas.
Bashir Jamoh, Director General of NIMASA, said this during a courtesy visit to Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike at Government House, Port Harcourt, on Tuesday.
He said the students who will undergo a three years Marine Architecture and Marine Engineering courses abroad, will be nominated by the Rivers State Government.
The NIMASA DG, also expressed the Organization’s readiness to partner the Rivers State government in tackling the menace of maritime insecurity.
He said the state needs to be safe and secured, in order to encourage maritime investors in the state.
