Breaking News: Reps Summon NIMASA DG Dayo-Mobereola (Details)

Breaking News: Reps Summon NIMASA DG Dayo-Mobereola (Details)

The House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions has summoned the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Safety and Administration Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dayo Mobereola, to appear before it on July 17, 2024.

In a statement issued on Saturday, the committee, chaired by Hon. Michael Irom Etaba, warned that the NIMASA DG may face arrest if he fails to honor the invitation.

Ireporteronline reports that the committee has been investigating a petition filed by a group of individuals under the aegis of Abade-Toru Manga Community Development Initiative on December 4, 2023.

The group accused NIMASA of failing to execute educational and skills acquisition projects as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the coastal communities.

In the petition, the group claimed that NIMASA had expressed readiness to establish skills acquisition programs in the communities, in line with recommendations from the Global Maritime Security Conference in 2019, but failed to fulfill these promises.

According to them, the agency, “rather than live up to this commitment, decided to build a Maritime Skill Acquisition Centre and twin lecture theatre in Kaduna State, where the DG hails from.”

The committee has summoned Dr. Mobereola to explain why the agency failed to establish the skills acquisition centers in Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Bayelsa, Delta, and Rivers states, where it operates.

The statement emphasized that if the DG fails to appear, the committee will direct the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to arrest and present him.