PSC Scribe’s Resignation Threatens Ports Control

The unexpected
resignation of the Secretary General of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Port State Control (PSC), for West and Central African Regions, Mrs Mfon Usoro, is presently threatening the implementation of safety and security by PSC inspectors on foreign vessels at the ports of member-nations in the sub-regions.
Usoro, who was originally billed to leave office on June 26, 2016, unexpectedly resigned her position on January 26, 2016.
The Secretary General’s resignation was already causing a distabilisation in the shipping sub-sector of the Transport sector, as there were fears that her exit may cause the Abuja MoU to relapse to its old ways of non performance and adherence to international standards and practice in its mandate.
Sources at the corporate head quarters of the Federal Ministry of Transport in Abuja stated that already, the Transport Minister has received her resignation, although he was shocked that Mrs Usoro would decide to leave office earlier than scheduled inspite of the numerous giant strides she had achieved with the Abuja MoU under her watch in the last four years.
The Abuja MoU is backed by the global maritime watchdog, the International Maritime Organisation (IMO).