President Bola Tinubu has appointed former Managing Director of Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) and ex-Commissioner for Transportation in Lagos State, as Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA).
A statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, said the appointment is for a renewable term of four years.
The appointment follows the exit of Mr. Bashir Jamoh, whose tenure recently expired.
A round peg in a round hole, 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.
The new DG also made his mark in the private sector. He was Deputy Managing Director and Project Development Director at AFM Consulting Plc, London; as well as Senior Economist at British Petroleum Shipping Limited, London.
According to Ngelale, President Tinubu charges the new Director-General to bring his vast experience to bear in his new beat to achieve the mandate of NIMASA. The mandate includes providing world class standards of maritime safety administration, maritime labour regulation, marine pollution prevention and control, search and rescue, cabotage enforcement, shipping development and ship registration.
These, Ngelale added, the new DG is expected to achieve in accordance with the policies and programmes of the Administration’s Renewed Hope Agenda for the sector.