President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointments of six new executive directors for two agencies under the Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy; the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA).

Those appointed as NPA executive directors include Vivian Edet (Finance and Administration) and Olalekan Badmus (Marine & Operations).

While the appointees at NIMASA are Jibril Abba (Maritime Labour and Cabotage Services) and Chudi Offodile (Finance and Administration).

Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale announced their appointments in a statement.

Ngelale explained that Tinubu believes that the appointees would use their “collective mandate to create the conditions required to significantly raise the contribution of the Marine and Blue Economy sector to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).