The Executive Director Operations NIMASA, Engr. Rotimi Fashakin, receiving compliments from one of the graduating studentents of Maritime Academy Oron, during the 2018 passing out parade and graduating ceremony of the institution.
The
Rector of the Maritime Academy of Nigeria, Commodore Duja Effedua has
announced that the Academy is partnering the Nigerian Maritime
Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA to ensure that the training
facilities in Oron are in line with internationally acceptable
specifications to attain compliance with the International Convention
on Standards of Training and Watch-keeping for Seafarers (STCW 1978)
and as amended in 2010.
Commodore
Effedua who announced this during the 2018 passing out parade and
graduating ceremony at the institution noted that fully equipped
multimedia classrooms with fire training grounds and custom purpose
built swimming pool as well as realistic simulation environment are
some of the new innovations his team and NIMASA are working on.
“we
have structured, we have implemented, we have set out milestones and
have gotten 60% right. Presently we are sourcing for qualified
lecturers home and abroad. We are also remodelling the class rooms,
hostels as well as the libraries and I am glad to announce that the
management of NIMASA has promised to be with us all the way” he
said.
Speaking
further, Commdore Effedua disclosed that a new simulation centre
which NIMASA has commenced the process of equipping to international
training standards is under construction.
According
to the Rector “Dr Dakuku is such a person who matches action with
his words. NIMASA has commenced the process of acquiring a simulator
amongst other equipment for training of our cadets to ensure that
Certificates of Competencies (CoCs) issued here attain global
recognition. I believe before the end of the 2019 academic session,
we shall be one of the best Maritime Academies in Africa.
In
a goodwill message delivered at the 2018 passing out parade ceremony,
the Director General of NIMASA, Dr Dakuku Peterside assured students
and stakeholders of the Agency’s commitment to capacity development
in the sector.
The
NIMASA DG who was represented by the Agency’s Executive Director
Operations Engr. Rotimi Fashakin commended the Rector and his team
for judicious utilization of funds disbursed to MAN Oron by NIMASA
with an assurance that NIMASA will work with relevant national and
international bodies to ensure MAN Oron attains its rightful place
amongst maritime training institutions globally.
“Since
Simulators are not acquired off the shelf, NIMASA and MAN Oron
management have commenced the process of building one to
specification for the simulation centre here. Our goal is to ensure
Man Oron attracts not only Nigerians, but also international students
so we can completely domesticate maritime training here in Nigeria”,
he said.
A
total of 613 graduates made up of 325 Marine Engineers, 142 Nautical
Scientists and 146 Maritime Transport Engineers were awarded Diploma
Certificates at various levels.
The
Maritime Academy of Nigeria is Nigeria's premier maritime
institution, charged with the responsibility of training all Level of
manpower to man Merchant Navy Ships, Ports, Maritime Engineering
Workshops, Pilotage, Shipyards and other Marine related industries.
The
Academy is listed in the International Maritime Organization's White
list of Institutions that have fully complied with the STCW 1978
Convention, as amended in 2010.
The
Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA by law is
responsible for funding the institution by providing 5% of its
revenue to MAN Oron. Following the need to upgrade the Institution as
well as the NIMASA Management’s policy of ensuring that the sector
does not suffer from the dearth of trained and certified seafarers
the Agency is willing to go beyond its statutory funding of the
institution in order to ensure certificates issued by the MAN Oron
are of international repute.
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