From the business sector today, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, has sought greater involvement of women in the shipping industry, saying that it will support initiatives aimed at getting more African women involved in the industry.
The Director-General, NIMASA, Dr Dakuku Peterside, said this was in line with the global focus on enhancing the role of women in the maritime and shipping sector.
He said this recently when the President, Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association, WISTA, Ghana, Jemilat Mahamah, paid a courtesy visit to the NIMASA headquarters in Lagos.
He pledged that NIMASA would sponsor a high-powered delegation to the sixth WISTA African Regional Conference holding in Accra from April second to forth.
According to him, the theme of the conference, ‘The role of women in harnessing the potential of Africa’s blue economy’, coincides with the 2019 focus of the International Maritime Organisation which is, ‘Empowering Women in the Maritime Community’.
A statement from NIMASA quoted him as saying, that globally, the focus in the maritime industry today is how to get more women involved in the sector, whether as seafarers, ship-owners or others adding that every effort to encourage the participation of women in the sector is supported by NIMASA.
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