The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Dakuku Peterside, says the agency will present the Anti-Piracy Bill to the National Assembly soon to fight piracy in the nation’s waterways.
Peterside disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday on the sidelines of the celebration of African Day of the Seas and Oceans in Nigeria.
He said that the agency would be sending the Anti-Piracy Bill to the National Assembly as an Executive Bill.
“We have received assurances of accelerated passage of the bill and before the end of this year the bill will become a law and we will have legal backing to fight piracy and criminality on our water ways.
“There have been a lot of concern about piracy within the Gulf of Guinea and Gulf of Aden.
“The recent statistics published by the International Maritime Bureau…
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