It has been reveal by Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, that the country loses well over N2tn annually to capital flight following the inability of indigenous ship o
It has been reveal by Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, that the country loses well over N2tn annually to capital flight following the inability of indigenous ship owners to fully participate in crude oil exports and other marine-related transportation.
The minister disclosed this at a one-day retreat on maritime safety held at the Presidential Villa.
The retreat with the theme: “Harnessing the Potential of Nigeria’s Maritime Sector for Sustainable Economic Development” was organised to generate implementable initiatives to improve the sector.
Exposing the many challenges in the maritime sector, Olufamous.com gathered that Dr. Okonjo-Iweala decried the lack of proper implementation of the cabotage which, if properly implemented, will allow indigenous participation in shipping.
“On the issue of increasing local participation in the sector and cabotage, the indigenous Ship Owners Association of Nigeria has said that we now lose over N2tn annually in capital flight to foreign countries which own vessels used to lift about 150 million tonnes of cargoes including oil products from this country as no Nigerian flagship is currently plying international routes.
“Nigerian-owned vessels make up less than one per cent of the global fleet and are quite old; on average, 30 years of age. Increasing Nigeria’s participation in this sector will not only ensure that most of these incomes are retained locally, but will lead to increased jobs for Nigerians,” she said.
“As you will see from the Mackenzie presentation later, Philippines for example has been able to position itself as a global supplier of seafarers, creating a lot of jobs and significant foreign income for the country,” Okonjo-Iweala added, asking “Why can’t we replicate this in Nigeria?”
Source: OluFamous
wners to fully participate in crude oil exports and other marine-related transportation.
The minister disclosed this at a one-day retreat on maritime safety held at the Presidential Villa.
The retreat with the theme: “Harnessing the Potential of Nigeria’s Maritime Sector for Sustainable Economic Development” was organised to generate implementable initiatives to improve the sector.
Exposing the many challenges in the maritime sector, Olufamous.com gathered that Dr. Okonjo-Iweala decried the lack of proper implementation of the cabotage which, if properly implemented, will allow indigenous participation in shipping.
“On the issue of increasing local participation in the sector and cabotage, the indigenous Ship Owners Association of Nigeria has said that we now lose over N2tn annually in capital flight to foreign countries which own vessels used to lift about 150 million tonnes of cargoes including oil products from this country as no Nigerian flagship is currently plying international routes.
“Nigerian-owned vessels make up less than one per cent of the global fleet and are quite old; on average, 30 years of age. Increasing Nigeria’s participation in this sector will not only ensure that most of these incomes are retained locally, but will lead to increased jobs for Nigerians,” she said.
“As you will see from the Mackenzie presentation later, Philippines for example has been able to position itself as a global supplier of seafarers, creating a lot of jobs and significant foreign income for the country,” Okonjo-Iweala added, asking “Why can’t we replicate this in Nigeria?”
Source: OluFamous
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