LAGOS AUGUST 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has stated that a revised working condition for Nigerian Seafarers is a major component of the proposed review of the NIMASA Act and the Merchant Shipping Act currently before the National Assembly for consideration. He stated this today during the…
LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Akash Kumar was excited when he boarded his first ship as a seafarer, a bulk carrier called the Ula. “That time it was a good feeling … a dream come true. I joined this merchant navy because I love to explore other places, other countries,” he says. The 25-year-old Indian seafarer was…
LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Joint Industrial Council has signed the much awaited conditions of service and Collective Bargaining Agreement for Nigerian seafarers. This is coming after eight years of delay. Speaking during the signing ceremony in Lagos, the Director- General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Dr Dakuku Peterside, said the condition of service…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-This morning, some graduate cadets of the Nigerian Seafarers Development Programme (NSDP) besieged the headquarters of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) in Apapa Lagos protesting 3 years of abandonment and lack of sea time by NIMASA since after graduation. The cadets insist they would sleep at NIMASA entrance gate for…