Nigerian Navy Committed To Maritime Security – CNS.
The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ola Saad Ibrahim, has reiterated the commitment of the Nigerian Navy to the nation’s maritime and oil infrastructure security.
He also expressed the readiness of the Navy to partner with other stakeholders in achieving a safer and crime- free maritime environment.
Represented by the Flag Officer, Western Naval Command, Rear Admiral Emmanuel Ogbor, when a delegation of the Maritime Reporters Congress of Nigeria, led by its president, George Umunnakwe, visited him in Lagos, Ibrahim said the commitment is irreversible, .
The CNS applauded MARCON’s interest in maritime security much of the nation’s economy is dependent on the maritime sector.
The chairman of the organising committee, Ismail Aniemu, said MARCON’s visit is to seek the Navy’s support for the group’s 2011 conference on “Preventing terrorism in Nigeria’s Maritime domain” slated for Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, later in the year. .
Aniemu told the CNS that the choice of the conference theme is a way of complementing government’s efforts to prevent attack through water and make our territorial waters safe as a way of protecting our nationa’s economy.
Aniemu said any move to adequately fund the Navy and provide modern platform in terms of Offshore Patrol Vessels, OPV’s and Offshore Patrol Crafts, OPC’s with the latest Automatic Identification System, AIS, will not only boost our national profile as the latest oil exporter in Africa but also the number one provider of maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea.
Aniemu who stated that the conference will highlight the need for private sector support in preventive Maritime Security, called for purchase of more OPV’s for the Nigerian Navy.
The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ola Saad Ibrahim, has reiterated the commitment of the Nigerian Navy to the nation’s maritime and oil infrastructure security.
He also expressed the readiness of the Navy to partner with other stakeholders in achieving a safer and crime- free maritime environment.
Represented by the Flag Officer, Western Naval Command, Rear Admiral Emmanuel Ogbor, when a delegation of the Maritime Reporters Congress of Nigeria, led by its president, George Umunnakwe, visited him in Lagos, Ibrahim said the commitment is irreversible, .
The CNS applauded MARCON’s interest in maritime security much of the nation’s economy is dependent on the maritime sector.
The chairman of the organising committee, Ismail Aniemu, said MARCON’s visit is to seek the Navy’s support for the group’s 2011 conference on “Preventing terrorism in Nigeria’s Maritime domain” slated for Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, later in the year. .
Aniemu told the CNS that the choice of the conference theme is a way of complementing government’s efforts to prevent attack through water and make our territorial waters safe as a way of protecting our nationa’s economy.
Aniemu said any move to adequately fund the Navy and provide modern platform in terms of Offshore Patrol Vessels, OPV’s and Offshore Patrol Crafts, OPC’s with the latest Automatic Identification System, AIS, will not only boost our national profile as the latest oil exporter in Africa but also the number one provider of maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea.
Aniemu who stated that the conference will highlight the need for private sector support in preventive Maritime Security, called for purchase of more OPV’s for the Nigerian Navy.
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