The Director General of Nigerian maritime Administration and safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh has assured that the Assets acquired by the Agency under the Deep Blue project have been redeployed and functioning and being managed by a project team headed by a commodore of the Nigerian Navy, Victor Choji.
The NIMASA Boss disclosed this during a working visit of the flag officer commanding (FOC) , Western Naval command, Rear Admiral Mohammed Abdullahi to the management of NIMASA in Lagos.
” I believe that the Agency and the Nigerian Navy have to ensure safety and security in the nation’s waters. While the Nigerian Navy takes care of the kinetic operations, NIMASA concentrates on Non kinetic operations”. Jamoh noted.
He expressed the desire of the Agency to earn full value of funds invested and still investing in the operations of the Deep Blue project.
The Acting Deep fleet commander, Western Naval command and commander, Deep Blue project, Commodore Victor Choji spoke in the same vein. He said the Blue project infrastructure have been deployed across the south west , central and eastern operations to enhance the patrol of the Nigerian maritime domain.
”The Assets have already been deployed. As we speak 5 armoured vehicles are deployed in Port Harcourt and 3 in Bonny. The project team deployed 10 more vehicles there . In addition to a drone unit in Bonny. We are about to deploy two interceptor boats to support the operations that are ongoing in Lagos inland waters”, he said.