By Frank Odinukaeze
The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Bashir Jamoh, has continued to gain recognition and appreciation from industry watchers for his outstanding performance in the maritime industry as he has been awarded Public Servant Of the year 2022 by the Champion Newspapers Nigeria Limited.
The NIMASA DG alongside some prominent Nigerians, which include Governors Ademola Adeleke of Osun State, Babajide Sanwoolu of Lagos, and Audu Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State also received different categories of awards.
Presenting the award on behalf of the organization in Lagos this weekend, the Managing Director of Fidelity Bank Plc, Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe said the award was in recognition of Jamoh’s achievements in NIMASA
He said Jamoh’s recognition was borne out of the fact that the agency under his leadership has made fresh inputs due to his leadership skills.
“We note with delight, that you are first among the leading Directors -General/CEO’s of government agencies in Nigeria that have distinguished themselves not only as very resourceful business managers, and technocrats but also shown a high degree of integrity and transparency in both private and public affairs.
Your ingenious, creative, pragmatic and resilient approach to leadership has brought a lot of transformation to the NIMASA which includes deployment of an integrated national security and waterways protection infrastructure in Nigeria code-named the Deep Blue Project” he concluded.