The outgoing Honorable Minister of Transportation, Engineer Mu’azu Jaji Sambo weekend commissioned the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA skill acquisition centre in Zaria Kaduna State and a twin lecture theater donated by the Agency to Kaduna State University. The skill acquisition centre located in Zaria has facilities such as Electrical, mechanical, sewing, technical, and welding learning facilities amongst others for youths and women.
Speaking at the event, the Minister noted that these projects are part of the legacies of the Federal Government under President Muhammadu Buhari to improve education as a basic need for economic development and used the opportunity to commend the Dr. Jamoh led Management of the Agency for the initiative.
On his part, the Director General, NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, OFR noted that the NIMASA skill acquisition centre is one of the centres located across the six geo-political zones of the country. He also disclosed that higher institutions in all geo political zones of the country are benefitting from the Agency under her Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) projects.
“Our desire as an Agency is to ensure young Nigerians acquire skills to make them self-dependent thus productively engaged. We are also developing such centres in Niger, Lagos, Anambra, Gombe, Bayelsa and Rivers States. This is also aimed at fighting insecurity on land which will have a multiplier effect on security in the maritime domain”, he said.
The outgoing Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, CON represented by the Deputy Governor Dr. Hadiza Balarabe noted the commitment of Kaduna State Government to education and thanked NIMASA for completing the project in record time.
The Emir of Zazzau, Ambassador Ahmad Nuhu Bamalli CFR, commended NIMASA for citing the Project in the Emirate council assuring that the centre will be maintained for the benefit of the people.
It will be recalled that under the leadership of Dr. Jamoh, NIMASA has continued to maintain focus in ensuring the Nigerian maritime sector takes its rightful place in the comity of maritime nations. Just recently, the Agency commissioned five enforcement boats, four staff ferries and an ultramodern world class Search and Rescue Based Clinic, in addition to the commissioning of a permanent building, housing the Agency’s Abuja Office.
L-R: Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, OFR; outgoing Minister of Transportation, Engr. Mu’azu Jaji Sambo; Emir of Zazzau, Ambassador Ahmad Nuhu Bamalli CFR; and Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Transportation (FMT) Dr. Magdalene Ajani. During a courtesy visit to the Emir as part of the activities of the commissioning of some NIMASA projects in Kaduna State, on Saturday May 27, 2023.R-L: Outgoing Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, CON in a discussion with the outgoing Minister of Transportation, Engr. Mu’azu Jaji Sambo and the Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, OFR while the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Transportation (FMT) Dr. Magdalene Ajani looks on. During the commissioning of some of the Agency’s projects in Zaria, Kaduna State on Saturday, May 27, 2023.Photo of the Skill Acquisition Centre in Zaria, donated by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) to the Kaduna State Government as part of the Agency’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The outgoing Minister of Transportation, Engr. Mu’azu Jaji Sambo, commissioned the project in the company of the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Transportation (FMT) Dr. Magdalene Ajani; Deputy Governor of Kaduna State, Dr. Hadiza Sabuwa Balarabe; and the DG, NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, OFR among others dignitaries on Saturday, May 27, 2023.R-L: Outgoing Minister of Transportation, Engr. Mu’azu Jaji Sambo Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, OFR; Wazirin Zazzau (Deputy Emir) Khadi Muhammad Inuwa Aminu; and Emir of Zazzau, Ambassador Ahmad Nuhu Bamalli CFR; (left) at the commissioning of the NIMASA Skill Acquisition Centre in Zaria, Kaduna State on Saturday May 27, 2023.L-R: Vice Chancellor, Kaduna State University, Professor Abdullahi Musa; Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, OFR; Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Transportation, Dr. Magdalene Ajani, Outgoing Minister of Transportation, Engr. Mu’azu Jaji Sambo; Deputy Governor Kaduna State, Dr. Hadiza Sabuwa Balarabe; and Commissioner for Education, Kaduna State, Hajiya Halima Lawal. During the commissioning of the twin lecture theatre donated to the Kaduna State University by NIMASA as part of the Agency’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) projects on Saturday, May 27, 2023.Photo of the twin lecture theatre donated to the Kaduna State University as part of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative of the Agency. The outgoing Minister of Transportation, Engr. Mu’azu Jaji Sambo, commissioned the project in the company of the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Transportation (FMT) Dr. Magdalene Ajani; Deputy Governor of Kaduna State, Dr. Hadiza Sabuwa Balarabe; and the DG, NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, OFR among others dignitaries on Saturday, May 27, 2023.
