The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, has directed immediate financial and staff audit of the Nigerian Maritime and Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA).
The minister gave the directive on Monday during his maiden tour of Lagos ports and a stop-over at NIMASA Resource Centre, Kirikiri.
Amaechi also directed the Acting Director-General of NIMASA, Mr Haruna Jauro, to forward details of contracts awarded by the agency for verification.
The former Rivers governor demanded a detailed financial report of the agency since its inception
“Over N100 billion is given to this agency yearly and I am yet to see how it has been spent. I am yet to see some of the projects being executed by this agency,’’ Amaechi said.
The minister also requested for the staff nominal roll and details of staff employed by the agency and their qualifications.
He instructed the acting director-general to forward the staff nominal roll of the agency to the Federal Ministry of Transport to know if there were vacancies to be filled.
Amaechi expressed dissatisfaction with the ill-equipped clinic laboratory at the NIMASA Resource centre.
“From my inspection so far, I discovered that the Search and Rescue clinic is not equipped; the canteen is in deteriorated condition; the chairs are not okay and the place is leaking,’’ the minster said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that NIMASA is the apex regulatory and promotional maritime agency in the country.
The agency was created from the merger of National Maritime Authority (NMA) and Joint Maritime Labour Industrial Council on Aug. 1, 2006.
Earlier, the minister directed the management of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) to work toward achieving 48 hours cargo clearance target when he visited the headquarters of the agency in Lagos.
He said he had promised President Muhammadu Buhari that he would ensure Nigerian ports achieved 48 hours cargo clearance target. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Onye show! Who will order audit of Rivers State account? That's why you want to die even if it's the last thing you, to see that APC wins Rivers.
ReplyDeleteLet wike order audit of Rivers state account.Fool..Amechi is blessed...Wike was a deputy minister while amechi is a first class minister....and 8yrs governor n 8 yrs speaker house of assembly
ReplyDeleteHe who goes to equity must go with a clean hand. In all his years as governor, how many times did he audit his staff. This government is government of pretence. The next thing now would be "The government of Goodluck Jonathan ran down Nimasa" Pmb really has a lot of dirth to clean.
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ReplyDeleteAll about money and money and money. No ideas.
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