Dr Dakuku Peterside assumes duty as NIMASA boss.

The Director-General/Chief Executive Officer, Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Dakuku Peterside, assumed office in Lagos, yesterday.

The NIMASA chief arrived the complex  at 11.45 am and moved to its boardroom for a a meeting with senior officials of the agency.

He was received by the Executive Director, Maritime Labour, Cabotage and Maritime Services,  Mr Calistus Nwabueze Obi and other senior officials of NIMASA.

Addressing workers, Peterside  thanked President Muhammadu Buharri for appointing him and said he was worried by the battered  image of the agency.

He urged workers to join hands with him to redeem its name and achieve its core mandate.

“I am here to introduce myself to my masters. I am sure you have a fair idea of my name. My name is Dakuku Peterside. From outside, people are saying that NIMASA has all it takes to 
achieve its core mandate. But  it seems to me that we have not been able to present ourselves well.

“Therefore, we have some reputation or image issue to deal with. Discussing with the director of Administration and executive director, I understand that we have internal issues to deal with likewise the external,” he said.

The NIMASA chief said a roadmap would be drawn to reposition the agency for greater efficiency and productivity.

“I intend to have directorate and departmental briefings from April 5,” he said.

Officials at the forum pledged to remain committed to the objectives for which the agency was set up and support the new chief.

A senior official, who craved anonymity, said they were happy they have a young person as their director general.

“ For over 40 minutes, he was receiving reports from the executive director and directors. It shows that the director general is youthful.  We have no doubt that the he will bring back sanity to our agency. Under Akpobolokemi, we lost our honour and our glory as a reputable government agency,” the official said.

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