President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has named former Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Mr. Dayo Mobereola, as the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA).
After his tenure ended on March 10, the last DG, Bashir Jamoh, had handed over to Chudi Offodile, the Executive Director of Finance and Administration, on March 11.
Mobereola was Managing Director of Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) from 2003 to 2015, before being appointed Commissioner for Transportation the state from 2015 to 2016.
In a statement by Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on media and publicity, the appointment followed the exit of Bashir Jamoh, whose tenure recently expired.
Ngelale said: “Dr. Mobereola holds a Ph.D, and an M.Sc in Transport Economics from the University of Wales, United Kingdom. He is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Transport, England, and a fellow of the same institute in Nigeria.
“He was the Managing Director of Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) from 2003 to 2015 and was also the Commissioner for Transportation in Lagos State from 2015 to 2016.
“In the private sector, he was Deputy Managing Director and Project Development Director at AFM Consulting Plc, London. He was also Senior Economist at British Petroleum Shipping Limited, London.
“The President expects the new Director-General to bring his vast experience to bear in his new role and to achieve the mandate of NIMASA in providing world-leading standards of maritime safety administration, maritime labour regulation, marine pollution prevention and control, search and rescue, cabotage enforcement, shipping development and ship registration, in accordance with the policies and programmes of the Renewed Hope Agenda for the sector as ably guided by the Honourable Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, H.E. Adegboyega Oyetola.”
