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Abuja, May 10, 2022 Piracy costs African countries in the Gulf of Guinea over $500 million annually, Naija247News reports Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) on Tuesday pledged to provide logistics and formulate policies that would sustain piracy decline in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG). Dr Bashir Jamoh, Director-General of NIMASA, made the pledge |
Pirates attacking a ship on the high seaThe Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and the Interregional Coordination Centre (ICC), Yaoundé, have forged an alliance to tackle the lingering piracy that has continued to threaten shipping activities in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG).
The duo, in a joint communiqué on the framework to tackle maritime insecurity in the Gulf of Guinea, said ICC Yaoundé and Nigeria intend to form a framework to provide shared awareness on activities in the Gulf of Guinea. x
The platform, known as Gulf of Guinea Maritime Collaboration Forum (GOG-MCF/SHADE), according to the communiqué will be opened to all GOG countries with similar capacities to join on a voluntary basis.