The Acting Director General of the Nigerian Maritime
Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA),Mr. Haruna Baba Jauro has reiterated the commitment of the Agency towards
stamping out the activities of unscrupulous elements who are bent on disrupting
the peace in its areas of operation.
Speaking as a special guest of honour at the opening
ceremony of the Nigerian Army School of Public Relations and Information (NASPRI)
media workshop in Lagos on Monday, the DG said that NIMASA had committed itself
to ensuring the success of the working agreements with the Nigerian military in
order to keep the Nigerian maritime environment safe from criminal activities.
He commended the Nigerian military for its dogged war
against insurgency, explaining that he had a first-hand experience of the
security challenges of the northeast region being an indigene of Yobe State who
had lived in the Maiduguri/Damaturu axis since 1985 until 2012 when he took up
the NIMASA assignment.
The DG said: “We, the civilian populace, our hearts are
now better at peace when we noticed the renewed commitment and motivation
demonstrated by our armed forces. Peace is needed for every activity to
progress. We raise our thumps up for our military seeing what is happening. And
we want to say ‘kudos’ to you.”
Mr Jauro urged the media to always ensure that they
balance their business goals with national interest. He charged participants,
who are made up of military officers and defence correspondents, to use the
workshop to add to the gamut of knowledge in the Armed Forces.
He praised the media for downplaying the issue of
insurgency, which has further frustrated the murderous activities of the terror
group. “The media is an important stakeholder in all phases of military
operations, particularly in the ongoing fight against insurgency,” he
further said.
The Commandant of NASPRI, Colonel John Agim commended
the NIMASA helmsman for his passion, dedication to duty and love for the
military and the country.
He revealed that his communication with the NIMASA DG
was purely official having not met him before the event, “yet he accepted to grace the
occasion despite his tight schedules.”
The Managing Director of New Telegraph newspapers, Mrs
Funke Egbemode, represented and delivered a paper on “Publicity: A Tool for
Enhancing Terrorists Self Esteem” on behalf of President’s Special Adviser on
Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina.
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