Stakeholders build capacity to fight maritime crime
February 22, 2021 Participants with dignitaries after the opening ceremony
The Yaoundé Architecture Regional Information System (YARIS), a capacity building programme, opened in Accra, Thursday as part of efforts to enhance the fight against maritime crime in Ghana and the Gulf of Guinea at large.
The two-week programme organised by the Economic Communities of West African States (ECOWAS) Multinational Maritime Coordination Center (MMCC) Zone F in Accra, is aimed at equipping participants to detect maritime threat, share information and ultimately mitigate maritime crime within the Gulf of Guinea.
Opening the programme, Director General, Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA), Mr Thomas Kofi Alonsi said, the capacity building programme for effective information sharing and coordination of maritime security activities within the Gulf of Guinea maritime domain was a step in the right direction as far as addressing maritime crime