Tinubu Inaugurates Three warships
EKO HOT BLOG reports that in a bid to reduce maritime crimes, President Bola Tinubu inaugurated three Nigerian Navy (NN) ships and two helicopters at the Naval Dockyard, Victoria Island, Lagos. He also urged the navy to build strategic partnerships to support the Africa Blue Economy project.
President Tinubu, represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima, delivered these remarks during events organized by the Navy to mark its 68th anniversary in Lagos.
Tinubu praised the Navy for consistently adopting optimal policies and strategies to address the nation’s rapidly changing security challenges. At an International Maritime Conference themed “Promoting the Blue Economy in Africa through International Cooperation on Maritime Security,” he emphasized that the topic aligns with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14, Africa’s Integrated Maritime Strategy 2050, and a key target of Africa’s Agenda 2063.
He said the conference also offered the best platform for relevant stakeholders to articulate the mechanism for collaborative action against maritime crimes in Africa.
Stressing that the conference was held at a critical period when Nigeria was faced with multifaceted security challenges, he noted that improvement in security conditions was required to significantly raise the contribution of the marine and blue economy sector to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
Tinubu Inaugurates Three warships
He said: “Significantly, the blue economy is estimated to be worth more than US $1.5 trillion per year globally and projected to increase to US $15.5 trillion by 2050.
“The Africa Blue Economy Strategy estimates that the blue economy currently generates nearly US $300 billion for the continent, creating 49 million jobs in the process.
“The Africa Blue Economy is projected to hit US $405 billion by 2030. It is very appropriate to state categorically that any collaborative initiative by the Nigerian Navy to build partnerships across African navies and Coast Guards is in the right direction.”
The Nigerian Navy, according to him, had over the years evolved and reinvented itself to effectively deal with the threats in the maritime domains and had also partnered with other maritime agencies to mitigate the threats affecting the country’s national development.
He said: “These threats have become transnational, beyond the scope and capability of one nation to deal with. The situation calls for greater international collaboration.
“With the array of distinguished officers present at this event from outside the shores of our country, it is very obvious that the Nigerian Navy has assembled a remarkable group of outstanding persons with extensive and much desired collaborative commitment towards finding solutions to the myriad of security challenges in Africa’s maritime environment.”
The Minister of State, Defence, Dr. Bello Matawalle, in his remarks, noted the Navy has been a symbol of pride to the country, diligently carrying out its duties of safeguarding her economic interests with unparalleled professionalism.
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