The Nigerian Maritime Administation and Safety Agency (NIMASA), says it intends to build a befitting office complex and a center of excellence in terms of educational development in maritime studies, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
Director-general of the Agency, Yusuf Jimoh said this during a meeting with Governor Nyesom Wike at Government House, Port Harcourt, on Tuesday.
He said the edifice will show the presence of maritime in the state, which he described as the second largest maritime State in the country.
“I want to request your excellency to give us a strategic land where we will build an edifice that will show the presence of maritime in this second largest maritime State of the country ,” he said.
Governor Wike in his response commended the NIMASA DG, for the offer and promised to assist them in achieveing their goals.
He stated that the immediate past director general of NIMASA, never partnered with the State government, despite being an Indigene of the State, because of petty politics.
