Nigeria has taken a major step towards concluding the process of domesticating five International Maritime Organisation regulatory instruments with the submission of the instruments of assent to five protocols of the IMO in London.
The feat, according to a statement, was achieved through the collaboration of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, being the focal point of all IMO conventions in the country, and the Federal Ministry of Transport, in a bid to ensure that the country continued to implement the various safety measures and practices as endorsed by the organisation.
The Nigerian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Permanent Representative to the IMO, Dr. Dalhatu Tafida, who presented the instruments to the IMO Secretary-General, Koji Sekimizu, listed the instruments to include the Safety of Lives at Sea Protocol 1988 (as amended) and the Marine Pollution Protocol of 1997.
Others are the Protocol of 2005 to the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Convention 1988, Protocol of 1988 to the SUA Convention Against Fixed Platforms on the Continental Shelf, and the Protocol of 1988 to the International Convention on Load Lines.
Tafida noted that “this submission is born out of the desire of the Nigerian government to curb the menace of piracy and promote shipping activities in Nigeria and the Gulf of Guinea in line with international best practices.”
The feat, according to a statement, was achieved through the collaboration of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, being the focal point of all IMO conventions in the country, and the Federal Ministry of Transport, in a bid to ensure that the country continued to implement the various safety measures and practices as endorsed by the organisation.
The Nigerian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Permanent Representative to the IMO, Dr. Dalhatu Tafida, who presented the instruments to the IMO Secretary-General, Koji Sekimizu, listed the instruments to include the Safety of Lives at Sea Protocol 1988 (as amended) and the Marine Pollution Protocol of 1997.
Others are the Protocol of 2005 to the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Convention 1988, Protocol of 1988 to the SUA Convention Against Fixed Platforms on the Continental Shelf, and the Protocol of 1988 to the International Convention on Load Lines.
Tafida noted that “this submission is born out of the desire of the Nigerian government to curb the menace of piracy and promote shipping activities in Nigeria and the Gulf of Guinea in line with international best practices.”
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