A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by the management of the two leading maritime agencies in Lagos yesterday.

Addressing reporters after the signing of the MOU, NIMASA’s Director- General, Dr Dakuku Peterside said the MoU would boost bilateral corporation between Nigeria and Ghana.

The MOU, Peterside said, apart from allowing for a joint effort to combat piracy and terrorism, would make oceans and seas unsafe for the criminal.

” Africans must come together to solve their own problems. Piracy attack is universal and that is why we need to come together. There are some areas where they are stronger than us, and there are other areas where we are stronger than them. Ghana has a maritime university which we are yet to commence our own.

“What we here to do, is to put our house together and ensure we maximize the potential of the blue economy. It is our dream that we become the giant of maritime administration in Africa,” he said.

Peterside also called for joint responsibility to regulate seas and oceans.

The Director-General of the GMA, Mr Kwame Owusu, commended Peterside for his brilliant initiatives in repositioning the Nigerian maritime sector and by extension the entire African continent.

He said: “We are here to strengthen the bilateral relationships that exist between both countries and to learn international best practices from you.”

He said the delegation from Ghana came to learn and share part of the experience of NIMASA so that they can replicate same in their country.

The MoU focused on knowledge sharing and knowledge transfer, capacity building initiatives and Cabotage implementation and enforcement processes among others.