Stakeholder Urges Youth To Build Career In Shipping

A stakeholder in the Maritime Industry, Chief Maxwell Obi has urged Nigerian youths, particularly those of the Niger Delta region to build career in shipping.
He said such a career at sea would earn the youth a decent living like was the case in the other developed economies like the Philippinos.
Obi, a former Chairman of the Assocation of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA), Rivers Seaport who disclosed this to The Tide on Friday during an interaction in Port Harcourt, said that Filipinos are known to earn huge foreign exchange by exporting seafarers.
According to him, seafaring could be a major foreign exchange earner of the country, if all states of the federation and other Maritime Stakeholders key into the Nigerian Seafarers Development Programme (NSDP) of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA).
“This is by investing in our seafarers and reaping the benefits in the future.
“Let is not lose sight also as a nation of the challenges ahead in terms of providing a good welfare package for the Seafarers in line with the provisions of the Maritime Labour Convention of  2006”, he stated.
The maritime operator also maintained that there should be provision for protecting seafarers’ lives from sea pirates and robbers.
He therefore urged maritime unions to join hands with NIMASA in promoting decent work agenda in line with the International labour Organisation (ILO) policies.

Corlins Walter