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 10th 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.
Within two years in office, NIMASA under Dr. Bashir Jamoh has become the Federal Government’s maritime security arrow head in driving down piracy in Nigerian waters to an all-time lowest in 30 years leading to the removal of Nigeria from the International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) “Red List” of piracy-infested countries.
Bashir also holds membership and fellowship attainments in several prestigious national and international professional bodies amongst which are: Fellow, Institute for Service Excellence and Good Governance; Fellow, Chartered Institute of Administration of Nigeria; Fellow, Institute of Business Development; Fellow, Academy of Entrepreneurial Studies; Fellow, Institute of Public Diplomacy and Management; Fellow, Institute of Information Management; Member, Chartered Institute of Personnel Management; Member, Institute of Maritime Economist (Canada); Member, Institute of Logistics, London; Member, Nigerian Institute of International Affairs & Member, National Speakers Association (NSA) and Global Speakers Federation (USA).
In 2022, he emerged the Public Sector Icon Award winner by Vanguard Newspapers as well as clinching the award of the New Telegraph Newspaper’s Most Outstanding Public Officer of the Year 2022, The Independent Newspaper also named Jamoh the Maritime Personality of the year for 2022. He is a recipient of Distinguished Merit Award for exemplary leadership achievements in Maritime Education in Nigeria from the Institute of Leadership and Development for the Public Good, Kansas, USA; merit awards from the Institute of Transport Administration of Nigeria and International students of the Faculty of Law, Bayero University, Kano.
Having attained Management position since 2003, Dr. Bashir Jamoh has realized his career growth through effective performance as Principal Commercial Officer (Operations), Port Services Controller (Onne); Port Services Controller (Tin-Can Island Port); Assist. Chief Commercial Officer (HQ); Chief Admin Officer (Training), Assistant Director, Wet and Dry Cargo (Operations); Assistant Director (Research), Head (Protocol & Logistics) and Assistant Director (Training).
A consummate Administrator and Trainer, he has organised and facilitated leadership training and manpower development programmes in several countries including U.K., U.S.A., U.A.E., South Africa, Brazil, Malaysia and Sweden among others. As Head of various Units, he provides leadership for a number of officers on learning and manpower development needs within and outside the agency. He is a highly esteemed and respected expert in maritime human capacity building and public-private Partnership Development in addition to Shipping Management and International Trade. Dr. Bashir Jamoh possesses the qualities of a good leader in abundance: de-tribalized, disciplined and committed to developing other people’s potentials.