The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said that the maritime industry agencies will from next week undergo a performance audit.
The agencies to be audited include the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Nigerian Ports Authority, National Inland Waterways Authority, and the Nigerian Shippers Council.
The minister made this know on Tuesday at the opening of a regional training course on port state control organised by the NIMASA and the Abuja Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control for West and Central African region.
Amaechi said, “I have received a written approval from President Muhammadu Buhari to commence the performance audit and carry out massive reforms in the maritime sector of Nigeria’s economy.
Amaechi also hinted of a likely purge of the leadership of the various Federal Government agencies operating in the sector, adding that it was important for all Nigerians to benefit from the maritime sector instead of a situation where a few people were benefiting.
