MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS

As Director-General of NIMASA

He spearheaded the actualization of Nigeria’s Deep Blue Project also known as the National Integrated National Security and Waterways Protection Infrastructure, contributing significantly to a drastic reduction in piracy in the Nigerian waters and the Gulf of Guinea. Records show that there have been no incidents since late 2021 till date.

Bashir Jamoh helped midwife and birthed the New Framework for Tackling Maritime Insecurity in the Gulf of Guinea known as GoG-MCF/SHADE GoG with Nigeria (Nigerian Navy & NIMASA) and the Inter Regional Coordinating Centre (ICC) in Yaoundé as co-chairs

He provided the support structure for the realization of the maritime industry’s Environment Sensitivity Mapping Index (ESI) for the purpose of better and more sustainable management of the nation’s marine environment.

He positioned NIMASA as the sole Agency for the promotion of the Blue Economy Agenda and midwifed the production of Nigeria’s National Blue Economy Strategic Document to serve as the roadmap for the realization of the nation’s Blue Economy goals.

The Establishment of the Littoral States Cooperation (LISCON), the vehicle that galvanized all the governors of the 8 littoral states into a signatory-based MOU, working cooperation based on comparative advantages to serve as the engines of Blue Growth in Nigeria.

Established the NIMASA Maritime Stakeholders Experience Contact Centre (MSECC) for online, real-time response mechanism to address the information requests of all the various stakeholder groups within the nation’s maritime domain.

Spearheaded the initiative by Nigeria and Industry to establish the co-chaired NIMASA/Industry Joint Working Group on Maritime Security in the Gulf of Guinea (NIJWG) in April 2020 with the main objective of supporting Nigeria (NIMASA) in the deployment of the Deep Blue Project to tackle maritime security threats by facilitating interactions between stakeholders, through mutual collaboration and enhancing transparency between government and industry in addressing the shared goals of permanent prevention of piracy and armed robbery in the region.

Restructuring, Reformation and Repositioning of the Agency (NIMASA).

Improvement of Revenue Generation and steady remittance to the Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF) of the Federal Government.

Chairman, Organising Committee of the successfully hosted 3rd Association of African Maritime Administrations (AAMA), 2017.

Trained over 1,650 various personnel locally and internationally in diverse subjects and skills.

Established, equipped and managed NIMASA’s ultra-modern training centre with capacity to accommodate 200 participants at a time.

Successfully planned, managed and appraised capacity development of the largest maritime organisation for about a decade.

Improved and engaged the Agency’s training to world-class standard.

Budgetary management of over N117 billion with commensurate value for every Naira spent.

Accidents and incidents-free management of Agency’s protocol and logistics portfolio for local and international operations.

Efficient research and data management for actionable maritime planning and administration in collaboration with vessel/cargo related MDAs.

Effective co-ordination of revenue generation from operations with a monthly budget of up to $40 million.

Effectively managed the operations of incoming and outgoing vessels in major ports across coastal Nigeria.

In Kaduna State, sound planning, procurement and management of agricultural supplies as well as produce with increased profits for farming enterprise and its value chain.

Spearheaded and managed the process leading to the passage of the bill for the establishment of the charter status for the Chartered Institute of Transport Administrators (CIoTA) in 2019.

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