The Nigerian Navy (NN) and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) have renewed their strategic partnership through a five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at strengthening maritime safety and security across Nigeria’s maritime domain.
The agreement was signed at the Naval Headquarters in Abuja by NIMASA’s Director-General/CEO, Dr Dayo Mobereola, and the Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Idi Abbas, in the presence of principal staff officers and senior officials of both organisations. The renewed MoU consolidates a relationship that began in 2007 and has been sustained through successive renewals.
Under the framework, the two agencies will deepen cooperation in maritime safety and security, marine pollution control, search and rescue, maritime law enforcement, intelligence and information sharing, hydrography, and training and professional capacity development. The pact also establishes a stronger institutional framework for timely intelligence exchange, appropriate utilisation of relevant facilities and capabilities, and cooperation in other areas of mutual interest.
Mobereola described the renewal as a reaffirmation of the shared commitment of both organisations to the security, safety, sustainability and prosperity of Nigeria’s maritime domain and Blue Economy, noting that securing the nation’s maritime space is a national imperative. Vice Admiral Abbas pledged the Navy’s operational support towards the effective discharge of NIMASA’s mandate over the next five years, emphasising that sustained inter-agency cooperation remains indispensable to securing Nigeria’s maritime space.
The MoU provides mechanisms for accountability and sustained delivery, with implementation subjected to regular institutional review. Both organisations will jointly convene an annual Maritime Safety and Security Conference to assess progress, address emerging challenges and refine joint priorities to ensure the partnership continues to produce practical and measurable outcomes.