NIMASA commences reactivation of floating dock 

By Ezurike Ugochukwu

In fulfilment of its promise, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has commenced the reactivation process of the floating dock currently on Lagos waters.

Director General of NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh disclosed this on Thursday on his verified facebook page.

The modular floating dock he said must commence operation before the end of March 2022 reaffirming the deadline.

He disclosed that the foreign managing partners are already onboard the national assets to commence the process of reactivation.

He reassured that the modular floating dock when reactivated will create jobs for Nigerians.

Jamoh had during a press conference held in Lagos recently reaffirmed the Agency’s commitment towards ensuring the reactivation of the floating dock , through Private Public Partnership (PPP) model.

The DG emphasising the #BlueEconomy” said, “As announced last week during my press conference, we’ve commenced the reactivation process for the NIMASA floating dock through the PPP model to meet the March timeline with our Managing Partners on site.

“This national asset will create employment for many Nigerians.”

Jamoh had assured stakeholders during the press conference that the floating dock will be operational before the end of first quarter of 2022.

He said “However, we don’t want to operate it by government or NIMASA alone but for Public Private Partnership. As usual,the issue of privatisation of any government property is not a product but a process.”