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FG to launch maritime security project next month
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inister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said that the Maritime Security Project to secure the Gulf of Guinea, GoG, would be launched in Lagos in June by President Muhammadu Buhari.
The minister made this known when the Belgium Ambassador to Nigeria paid him a courtesy visit in Abuja.
He said, “the crisis in the maritime sector is the maritime insecurity and it’s more complex than the world knows, but the Federal Government has come up with a solution and it is ready to take off. The Navy, Police, Army and State Security Service are involved. “If it is successful, in the near future, there will be improvement in maritime security, then other countries in the Gulf of Guinea can adopt it”, he said
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Insecurity, major crisis in maritime sector, says FG The Punch
The Federal Government on Monday declared that insecurity was a major crisis in the maritime sector, describing it as more complex than the world knows.
It also announced that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), would inaugurate Nigeria’s maritime security project in June.
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, announced this in Abuja and stated that the security project would be inaugurated in Lagos, as it would involve the Navy, police, army and State Security Service. An aerial view of trucks parked on the road side waiting to get access into Tincan port in Apapa, Lagos, on January 11, 2021. (Photo by BENSON IBEABUCHI/AFP via Getty Images)
By Kasim Sumaina
The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, Monday disclosed that the maritime security project will be launched in Lagos by President Muhammadu Buhari come next month.
This is even as he explained that 75 per cent of crime comes from the country’s water, adding that if the country is able to eliminate it then it will be making a lot of progress.
The minister made this known when the Belgian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Daniel Bertrand, paid him a courtesy visit in Abuja.
Amaechi, in a statement made available to journalists by the Ministry’s Director of Press, Mr. Eric Ejiekwe, noted that the crisis in the maritime sector is more complex than the world knows but the federal government has come up with a solution and it is ready to take off.
Views: Visits 4 Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi. By Dirisu Yakubu The President Muhammadu Buhari-led government will in June this year, launch a maritime security strategy to address challenges in the sub-sector, Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi disclosed in Abuja on Monday. The Minister stated this while playing host to the Belgium Ambassador to Nigeria, Daniel Bertrand, who paid him a courtesy visit in his office in Abuja. According to Amaechi, “the crisis in the maritime sector is insecurity and it is more complex than the world knows, but the federal government has come up with a solution and it is ready to take off. The Navy, Police, Army and State Security Service are involved.”