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Tompolo’s contract intact, declares NIMASA boss

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9 years ago

September 30, 2015

Obviously impressed with its performance, acting Director-General, Mr. Haruna Jauro has said that the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency’s agreement with militant leader, Mr Government ‘Tompolo’ Ekpemupolo’s company, Global West Vessels Specialist Limited is still intact.
The contract which is for an initial 10 years has already ran for three years.
Fielding questions from reporters in Abuja on Tuesday, NIMASA’s acting D-G, Jauro confirmed that his agency’s Public Private Partnership arrangement with Mr. Government Ekpemupolo’s Global West Vessels Specialist Limited, for the patrol of Nigeria’s coastline remains intact.
Pointing out that the arrangement has effectively driven away sea pirates and made much of Nigeria’s coastline safer for economic activities, Jauro stated that the ships being used for such operations are “presently under the control of Global West Vessels company.”
Expatiating, he said “NIMASA did not acquire ships; we have a Public Private Partnership arrangement with the Global West Vessels specialists; part of the agreement is that they are going to buy the platforms (ships), maintain, manage and run them and at the end of the contract, they would revert to NIMASA.

“So far, as the arrangement is going on, it is Global West company that is buying the ships, not NIMASA.
“Yes, the ships are presently under the control of Global West Vessels company.”
He also dismissed insinuations that the arrangement between NIMASA and the company may have eroded the significance of the Navy.
According to him: “The arrangement between Global West Vessels and NIMASA does not encroach on the traditional responsibilities of the Nigeria Navy; the navy is one of its kind and no one is willing to go there and take anything from them.”
Pressed further, he said: “What Global West is doing is just to help NIMASA work on some piracy issues that take place on the waters, to see how we can push them back and I think we have done our best because so far, a lot of piracy has reduced in Lagos area.
“The contract is supposed to last for 10 years; it has now ran through its first three years.”

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