Amaechi Commissions MAN Simulators, Considers Upgraging Institute to University
Pic 3 Minister of Transportation, Mr Chibuike Amaechi briefing State House Correspondnts after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Tuesday (2/1/18) 0015/2/1/2018/Callistus Ewelike/NAN
The newly acquired Multi-Funtional Clasroom Simulator by the Maritime Academy of Nigeria (MAN) was weekend commissioned by the Transportation Minister, Rotimi Amaechi.
With the infrastructure, Amaechi who was impressed with the infrastructure gave an indication of upgrading the institution which is monotechnic to University.
The Minister commended the management of the school led by Commodore Duja Effedua (rtd) for the new infrastructure, adding that the institution was now well placed to compete with any other in Africa.
He said that school will help in reducing the amount of foreign exchange used in training middle level officers outside the country.
He advised the Rector to build more laboratories as part of the upgrading the institute to University status.
According to Amaechi, “When last time i came here, the Rector was doing well in infrastructure. I told him anyone can do infrastructure and I ask him to focus on faculty and I am glad to come here and to see improvement in faculty.
“They have been able to purchase and put in place simulators and I have also asked him to please train his staff because it is shameful that this institution started as at the same time with the one in Egypt and Philippines and we are like a secondary school.
“This institution is more like training middle manpower for the nation’s maritime sector so when he drop me here this morning, I said there should be a way we can upgrade this place to university and the only way is to improve in faculty, expand on infrastructure not necessarily hostels and class rooms but laboratories, and other instrument for maritime activities.
“If he gets it right, application to NUC will not be difficult.
“Maritime Academy is lucky because they are paid 5percent of what ever NIMASA is generating, so funding will not be their problem but capacity to manage the institution.
” And it was good that the Rector listens because there is nothing new about the achievement because anybody can achieve that.
“What worries me is that all this while that this institution was created, why couldn’t we achieve what he has achieved so far? it is worrying me a bit and it is either lack of commitment and dedication and the fact that no-one is checking whats happening in the academy?”
The Rector, Duja Effedua who spoke on the simulators said the institute has 10 of them, including “Full Mission Bridge simulator, the Full Mission Engine Room simulator”.
He added, “The Multi-Functional Classroom is a combination of eight simulators. The softwares are there for whatever programme that the instructor want to run.
” For example, if the student wants to learn Rules Of the Road, the system will change to Rules Of The Road. If it is GMDSS that the instructor wants to teach, the system will change to GMDSS. This is the latest in the world of simulation because the regular generic simulators can’t train more than four or five people at a time.
“Whatever you saw at the Full Mission Bridge can be done at the Multi-Functional Classroom”..
With the infrastructure, Amaechi who was impressed with the infrastructure gave an indication of upgrading the institution which is monotechnic to University.
The Minister commended the management of the school led by Commodore Duja Effedua (rtd) for the new infrastructure, adding that the institution was now well placed to compete with any other in Africa.
He said that school will help in reducing the amount of foreign exchange used in training middle level officers outside the country.
He advised the Rector to build more laboratories as part of the upgrading the institute to University status.
According to Amaechi, “When last time i came here, the Rector was doing well in infrastructure. I told him anyone can do infrastructure and I ask him to focus on faculty and I am glad to come here and to see improvement in faculty.
“They have been able to purchase and put in place simulators and I have also asked him to please train his staff because it is shameful that this institution started as at the same time with the one in Egypt and Philippines and we are like a secondary school.
“This institution is more like training middle manpower for the nation’s maritime sector so when he drop me here this morning, I said there should be a way we can upgrade this place to university and the only way is to improve in faculty, expand on infrastructure not necessarily hostels and class rooms but laboratories, and other instrument for maritime activities.
“If he gets it right, application to NUC will not be difficult.
“Maritime Academy is lucky because they are paid 5percent of what ever NIMASA is generating, so funding will not be their problem but capacity to manage the institution.
” And it was good that the Rector listens because there is nothing new about the achievement because anybody can achieve that.
“What worries me is that all this while that this institution was created, why couldn’t we achieve what he has achieved so far? it is worrying me a bit and it is either lack of commitment and dedication and the fact that no-one is checking whats happening in the academy?”
The Rector, Duja Effedua who spoke on the simulators said the institute has 10 of them, including “Full Mission Bridge simulator, the Full Mission Engine Room simulator”.
He added, “The Multi-Functional Classroom is a combination of eight simulators. The softwares are there for whatever programme that the instructor want to run.
” For example, if the student wants to learn Rules Of the Road, the system will change to Rules Of The Road. If it is GMDSS that the instructor wants to teach, the system will change to GMDSS. This is the latest in the world of simulation because the regular generic simulators can’t train more than four or five people at a time.
“Whatever you saw at the Full Mission Bridge can be done at the Multi-Functional Classroom”..
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