Honourable Minister Of Marine And Blue Economy Signs MOU On Harmonization Of Port State Control(PSC) Procedures And Practices Of All West And Central African Region
Yesterday in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, I attended the Council of Ministers' meeting of the Abuja Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control for the West and Central African Region otherwise known as the Abuja MoU. The Abuja MoU works on harmonization of Port State Control (PSC) procedures and practices of all countries in the region to eliminate the operation of substandard shipping within the region. In my address to the assembly as the Vice Chairman of the body, I restated Nigeria's commitment to the ideals of maritime safety, security, and reduction of marine pollution as well as to facilitate the…