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The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has called on foreign investors to invest in Nigeria maritime industry, listing seven areas
He added that ship building needed to be regulated to maintain standard so that it would be adopted for world class classification. He pointed out that most of the vessels acquired by the Authority were built locally, adding that it had also built a pilot boat locally to encourage the industry. “There are some levels of boat and barge building in the Niger Delta region but unfortunately, it is not regulated, no standard procedure, nothing, and this has to stop. “If Nigeria builds below standards, or not approved by classification specifications, it will be counter producti...
By Chiazo Ogbolu Lagos, April 9, 2021 A marine engineer, Mr Greg Ogbeifun, says it is 40 per cent more expensive to build a ship in Nigeria than outside the country. Ogbeifun made the disclosure at a breakfast webinar meeting organised by Zoemaritime Resources Ltd., with the theme: “Ship Building and Ship Repairs, Tool for National Transformation”. According to him, the statistics is from two foreign companies that came to Nigeria to set-up ship building company which was lacking in the country. The marine engineer, who is also the Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer of Starzs M...
The budget versus the spending bill versus the continuing resolution. let's look at what the vanilla funding bill covers. pentagon funding, $4.7 billion in emergency funding. this is for missile defense and ship repairs. the foreign surveillance or fisa program that allows to eavesdrop on foreign nationals in the united states gets a simple extension from libertarian leaning republicans who think this is a remarkable overreach. this is going to be addressed in a larger reauthorization next year. the children's health insurance program c.h.i.p. gets a simple extension. the va choice plan gettin...