President Bola Tinubu has appointed Dr. Dayo Mobereola as Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) for a four-year term that can be renewed.
The appointment follows the departure of Mr. Bashir Jamoh, whose term ended recently.
Mobereola’s appointment was revealed by the Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity), Ajuri Ngelale in a statement on Tuesday.
Dr. Mobereola holds a Ph.D. and an M.Sc in Transport Economics from the University of Wales in the United Kingdom. He is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Transport in England as well as in Nigeria.
From 2003 to 2015, he served as the Managing Director and Commissioner of the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA).
In the private sector, he was Deputy Managing Director and Project Development Director at AFM Consulting Plc, London. He was also a Senior Economist at British Petroleum Shipping Limited, London.
”The President expects the new Director-General to bring his vast experience to bear in his new role and to achieve the mandate of NIMASA in providing world-leading standards of maritime safety administration, maritime labour regulation, marine pollution prevention and control, search and rescue, cabotage enforcement, shipping development and ship registration, in accordance with the policies and programmes of the Renewed Hope Agenda for the sector as ably guided by the Honourable Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, H.E. Adegboyega Oyetola.” the statement also read
