Views: Visits 3 Wike Commends efforts at curtailing piracy in GoG By Godwin Oritse RIVERS State Governor Nyesom Wike has commended the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, for designing and pursuing a Blue Economy strategy with a view to replace the current oil economy in about 10 years. Speaking at the Government House in Port Harcourt when the Governor received the Director General of the agency, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, Wike said NIMASA’s plan for sustainable use of Nigeria’s abundant maritime resources was in line with the country’s economic diversification drive. READ ALSOReps probe Max air, Aero Contractors airlines over aircraft engine failures The governor pledged to partner with NIMASA in the area of human capital development and proposed the adoption of Government Sea School, Isaka, in Okrika Local Government Area, as an institution for seafarers’ training.
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The House of Representatives has ordered its committee on Aviation to investigate Maxi Air and Aero Contractors over recent accidents involving their planes.
According to a motion moved by Umar Bala from Kano State, Max Air flight carrying 140 passengers including the Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero had an engine failure on Tuesday.
He explained that Aero Contractors flight also suffered a bird strike that almost led to a crash involving 90 passengers.
The lawmaker said that “despite the echoing of a large strange sound at the point of take-off by the Max aircraft the pilot and his crew dismissed any feeling of insecurity and took off.