Dr. Bashir Jamoh, holds the Nigerian National honour of Officer of the Federal Rebulic (OFR), This seasoned administrator and maritime expert was appointed as the Director General & Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) by the Federal Government of Nigeria on 10^th of March, 2020 and he is also the immediate past President of the Chartered Institute of Transport Administration of Nigeria (CIoTA). He is the 2021 winner of the Zik Prize for Leadership in Public Policy and Public Service.

Dr Jamoh obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Port Harcourt, specializing in logistics and Transport Management and has over thirty two (32) years of professional and technocratic experience in the transportation and maritime sectors of the Nigerian economy. Prior to his Ph.D. degree, he received his Master’s Degree in Management from Korea Maritime and Ocean University; Post Graduate Diploma in Management Sciences from Bayero University Kano and a Diploma in Accounting from Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, respectively.

He has attended several leadership and management courses at the Harvard University US, Oxford University UK, Cambridge University UK, International Training Centre of ILO Turin Italy, Institute of Public Private Partnership Washington DC, International Law Institute, USA, and Institute for Leadership and Development for the Public Good, USA, Royal Institute of Public Administration UK and World Maritime University, Sweden, amongst others. He is also the author of the book, Harnessing Nigeria’s Maritime Assets – Past, Present and Future.