PEBEC lauds NIMASA, Blue Economy Ministry over quality service delivery

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R-L: Executive Director, Maritime Labour and Cabotage Services, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Jibril Abba; Chairman/CEO Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd.), CON, OFR, and others during the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) Townhall Meeting in Abuja.

The Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) has adjudged the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) as the best agency of government in exemplary teamwork, quality service delivery and consistency.

Special Adviser to Nigerian President, Ahmed Tinubu, on PEBEC, Jumoke Oduwole, made this pronouncement over the weekend.

She also announced the Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy as the overall Best performing Ministry in the country.

According to her, 33 operational activities of NIMASA were subjected to thorough scrutiny alongside those of 36 other agencies of the federal government.

In her words: “We want to commend NIMASA for emerging as the best Nigeria’s agency of government in exemplary teamwork, quality service delivery and consistency.

“PEBEC also wishes to commend the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, for his commitment to ensuring that all the agencies under the Ministry improve their service delivery in a consistent manner,“ she said.

Reacting to the award, Director General of NIMASA Dr. Dayo Mobereola, in a post on his official X handle @MobereolaD, dedicated the award to all members of staff of NIMASA and acknowledged the support of the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy in providing the right framework for the agency to create an enabling environment for local and foreign investors in the Nigerian maritime space.

He said: “This award from PEBEC and by extension the presidency is a call to serve more.

“I appreciate our Honorable Minister, Adegboyega Oyetola, CON, who not only convened a meeting between NIMASA and the PEBEC secretariat, but constantly kept us on our toes to ensure better service delivery to stakeholders.

“I also wish to commend members of team NIMASA and we know that this is simply a call to more service to our stakeholders,” Mobereola stated.

Chairman, Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council, PEBEC, Vice President, Kashim Ibrahim Shettima, GCON (8th left); Special Adviser to Nigerian President on PEBEC, Dr Jumoke Oduwole (8th right); Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, CON, and others during the PEBEC Townhall Meeting in Abuja.

PEBEC which is chaired by the Vice President, Kassim Shettima, was established to remove bureaucratic constraints to doing business in Nigeria, and make the country a progressively easier place to start and grow a business.

This is also in line with Business Facilitation Act 2023, a legislative intervention by PEBEC, to codify an executive order on the promotion of transparency and efficiency in the business environment.