2021-05-21 13:31:05 GMT2021-05-21 21:31:05(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
by Olatunji Saliu and Guo Jun
ABUJA, May 21 (Xinhua) Oyeronke Adegbile stands by a wooden boat at a beach in Lagos, the biggest coastal city and the economic hub of Nigeria, smiling and listening to several fishermen pouring out their complaints about the hardship of life as they are busy picking fishes off their fishing net.
Adegbile is here on a beach cleaning activity, part of the efforts of a non-governmental organization she founded to promote marine protection in local communities.
The 40-year-old marine researcher with Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research(NIOMR) is widely referred to as Madam Sea Turtle by the coastal communities she frequents together with her colleagues because of her seemingly overzealous dedication to the protection of sea turtles.
The Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research and Federal College of Fisheries and Marine Technology last week unveiled their progress reports in an effort aimed at repositioning the school to meet modern challenges, Rebecca Ejifoma writes
For the Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research and Federal College of Fisheries and Marine Technology, the goal to reposition both institutions have been paramount. Already, several projects have kicked off while many others are still in the pipeline.
At the moment, all is set for the commissioning of a jetty to serve as fishing logistic base, at Iru-Habour Point by the Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research (NIOMR) and Federal College of Fisheries and Marine Technology (FCFMT).
Sequel to the multi-city beach cleanup exercise initiated by the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Sterling Bank Plc, Mr. Abubakar Suleiman, members of the initiativeâs board of governance, environmental groups, volunteers, and the media flagged off the project at Alpha Beach in Lagos recently.
Speaking at the flag off, Mrs. Olapeju Ibekwe, Chief Executive Officer of Sterling One Foundation, said the event was a beach adoption initiative that will empower the youths and women in coastal communities. The initiative will also provide alternative source of income for the communities and ensure that the beach gets cleaned every week for the next one year at the minimum.
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Invites investors into fishing vessels
Stakeholders in the marine and fisheries industry are seeking the intervention of the Federal Government to ban the importation of fish into the country while calling on investors to explore opportunities in the fishing space. x
They lamented the lack of adequate vessels in the Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research (NIOMR), saying this had made the seaport porous and open to illicit businesses by foreigners.
This was disclosed during the meeting of the governing board of NIOMR and the Federal College of Fisheries and Marine Technology (FCF&MT), held in Lagos recently.
They maintained that foreigners from Mali, Senegal, among others, were infiltrating Nigeria’s fishing space, which had resulted in the loss of revenue and jobs for the citizens.