Communique of the 1012th meeting of the African Union Peace and Security Council on the State of Maritime Security in Africa, 23 July 2021 - World
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Nigeria has requested members of the West African Power Pool (WAPP), a specialised institution of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to pay up their pending dues in order to ensure smooth operation of the regional power group.
Aside Nigeria, other members of the group include Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo.
The body was created to ensure regional power system integration and realisation of a regional electricity market and is made up of public and private generation, transmission and distribution companies involved in the operation of electricity in West Africa.
Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh (right), presenting a souvenir to head of delegation and Managing Director, Mediterranean Shipping Company Nigeria Limited, Andrew Lynch, during a meeting between the Shipping Association of Nigeria (SAN) and NIMASA at the agency’s headquarters in Lagos.
Launch land, sea, air operational assets
The Nigerian Navy and Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) is intensifying efforts to protect, interdict and deter threats around vessels anchored in the Secure Anchorage Area (SAA), off the coast of Lagos.
The Director-General of NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh disclosed this in Lagos during a courtesy visit by the Shipping Association of Nigeria (SAN). He said the new security effort was encapsulated in the total deployment of assets under the Integrated National Security and Waterways Protection Infrastructure, also called the Deep Blue Project.