By Ken Afor
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Dr. Dayo Mobereola as the new Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA).
This was disclosed in a statement released on Tuesday by Mr. Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity.
According to the statement, Dr. Mobereola is expected to utilize his extensive experience in his new position to fulfill the responsibilities and goals of NIMASA, particularly in areas such as maintaining high standards in maritime safety administration, regulating maritime labor, and other operations in the maritime sector.
It reads: “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.”
Until his appointment, Dr. Mobereola served as the Managing Director of Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) from 2003 to 2015. He also held the position of Commissioner for Transportation in Lagos State from 2015 to 2016.
In the private sector, he was the Deputy Managing Director and Project Development Director at AFM Consulting Plc, London. Additionally, he worked as a Senior Economist at British Petroleum Shipping Limited, London.
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.
