NSML MD, Abdulkadir, NIMASA DG, NPA MD, others to speak at AMJON/NSML 2024
Maureen Aguta
As organisers announce that all is set for the 2024 edition of the annual AMJON Maritime Finance Conference, otherwise named AMJON/NSML 2024 Finance Conference; indications are that industry heavyweights and key maritime stakeholders including the Managing Director of NLNG Shipping and Marine Services Limited (NSML), Mr. Abdulkadir Ahmed; Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA),Dr Dayo Mobereola; Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Dr Abubakar Dantsoho are billed to speak at the only funding centered event in the Nigerian maritime industry.
AMJON/NSML 2024 Finance Conference is slated to hold at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers, Ikeja, Lagos, on Thursday, August 22, 2024.
This year event which is jointly organised by the Association of Maritime Journalists of Nigeria (AMJON) and NLNG Shipping and Marine Services Limited will be chaired by the Managing Director/CEO, NSML, Mr Abdulkadir Ahmed who will also present a paper on Training and Capacity for Sailors and Mariners.
Dr Mobereola, shall present a paper on Actualising the Vision of the Blue Economy while Dantsoho of NPA is expected to deliver a keynote speech on Repositioning The Ports for Greater Efficiency–The NPA Option
Financial institutions like Fidelity Bank are also participating as Fidelity Bank PLC would speak on ‘Funds For Maritime Infrastructure and National Development–The Fidelity Offers and Packages.
Meanwhile, other industry experts slated to speak at the event includes the Controller of Apapa Custom Command of Nigeria Customs Service, Comptroller Babatunde Olomu, who will speak on Customs Role in Trade Facilitation: Issues and Challenges, while the Customs Area Controller of Tin Can Island Command, Nigeria Customs Service, Apapa, Comptroller Dera Nnadi; who is the Chairman of Time Release Studies will present a paper too
Speaking on the event, the President of AMJON, Mr. Paul Ogbuokiri, stated that the 2024 edition is packaged to get experts to brainstorm and proffer solutions to the very knotty challenge of attracting investment and financing to the Nigerian maritime industry.
Ogbuokiri said the conference also aimed at supporting the Federal Government efforts at making Blue Economy Nigeria’s quick fix and lasting option for economic diversification.
Chairman, 2024 Planning Committee of the annual finance conference, Mr Kelvin Kagbare, assured that all that is needed to make the event a success have been put in place.
He disclosed that other industry bigwigs like the President General of Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN), Comrade Adewale Adeyanju and the President of Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA), Mr Emenike Nwokeoji; among others were expected to grace the event.