The Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh has disclosed that it would deploy the use of surveillance aircraft in its fight against oil theft.
Jamoh revealed this on Thursday during the 53rd of the ministerial briefing.
While briefing with NNPC, he stated that a group of persons from the agency are currently being trained in Italy for about three weeks to operate the special aircraft, after which the surveillance of the pipelines will commence as a matter of priority.
He also revealed that 2,041 cadets have graduated from the National Seafarers Development Programme with 800 of the graduating cadets securing placements in maritime establishments abroad.
The further explained that the successful graduates cannot be employed in the country, (a situation that leads to brain drain) because there are no local fleets available to absorb them.
