Jime Laments Effect of Corruption on Pace of Maritime Development
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*Says NSC single-handedly bearing the burden of implementing NPPM at ports
The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) Mr Emmanual Jime, has expressed concerns over the effect of corruption on the pace of development of the nation’s maritime industry.
Jime who spoke in Abuja when he received Head of the Technical Unit on Governance & Anti- Corruption Reforms (TUGAR), Joan Onwulere, said his Council was determined to ensure it delivers quality services as far as the maritime industry is concerned.
Noting that corruption was limiting the progress of the maritime sector, he said there was the need to tackle the problem, according to News Agency of Nigeria report.
The NSC commended the TUGAR team for the good job they have been doing, assuring that his Council will continue to support the team for the purpose of achieving sanity in the industry.
According to Jime, ”Let us also be aware that there is still several ways to go, there is a lot of work left to be done.
”What we do at the NSC, because of the important role we play of regulating the commercial sector of the maritime domain, there is no way we will deliver on quality services if those services are mitigated by the incidences of corruption.
”We are together in this and it is a battle that I believe is winnable, but we have to carry on with this work to its logical ends.
”I want to thank you for coming and to assure you even more that whatever is needed as far as support from the shippers council is concerned.
”By way of funding, by way of provision of equipment to the best of our ability that we have been able to do till now, we can only continue to do and do even more.”
Jime also pointed out that the NSC was the only agency bearing the burden of implementing the Nigeria Port Process Manual (NPPM) targeted at achieving efficient port system.
He told the visiting team, ”I regret to say that the greatest challenge perhaps you may face going forward is that the shippers council appears to have been bearing the burden of the implementation of the port process manual single handedly.
”This is supposed to be inter-agency platform, and so we can use this platform to appeal to all of the other agencies of government that are partners to what we do to also join shippers council in assisting.
”So that we do not have the kind of challenge on funding that we are having in this present time”.
Onwulere had in her address expressed thanks to the NSC for the support it has been receiving in the past, adding that it would want such support to continue.
She said that the NSC has made it to achieve a lot of milestones.
The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) Mr Emmanual Jime, has expressed concerns over the effect of corruption on the pace of development of the nation’s maritime industry.
Jime who spoke in Abuja when he received Head of the Technical Unit on Governance & Anti- Corruption Reforms (TUGAR), Joan Onwulere, said his Council was determined to ensure it delivers quality services as far as the maritime industry is concerned.
Noting that corruption was limiting the progress of the maritime sector, he said there was the need to tackle the problem, according to News Agency of Nigeria report.
The NSC commended the TUGAR team for the good job they have been doing, assuring that his Council will continue to support the team for the purpose of achieving sanity in the industry.
According to Jime, ”Let us also be aware that there is still several ways to go, there is a lot of work left to be done.
”What we do at the NSC, because of the important role we play of regulating the commercial sector of the maritime domain, there is no way we will deliver on quality services if those services are mitigated by the incidences of corruption.
”We are together in this and it is a battle that I believe is winnable, but we have to carry on with this work to its logical ends.
”I want to thank you for coming and to assure you even more that whatever is needed as far as support from the shippers council is concerned.
”By way of funding, by way of provision of equipment to the best of our ability that we have been able to do till now, we can only continue to do and do even more.”
Jime also pointed out that the NSC was the only agency bearing the burden of implementing the Nigeria Port Process Manual (NPPM) targeted at achieving efficient port system.
He told the visiting team, ”I regret to say that the greatest challenge perhaps you may face going forward is that the shippers council appears to have been bearing the burden of the implementation of the port process manual single handedly.
”This is supposed to be inter-agency platform, and so we can use this platform to appeal to all of the other agencies of government that are partners to what we do to also join shippers council in assisting.
”So that we do not have the kind of challenge on funding that we are having in this present time”.
Onwulere had in her address expressed thanks to the NSC for the support it has been receiving in the past, adding that it would want such support to continue.
She said that the NSC has made it to achieve a lot of milestones.
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