AMJON Finance Conference Holds Thursday

BY GBOGBOGBOWA GBOWA

All is set as key maritime stakeholders including the Managing Director of NLNG Shipping and Marine Services Limited (NSML), Abdulkadir Ahmed; Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA),Dr Dayo Mobereola; Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Abubakar Dantsoho and others are billed to attend the Association of Maritime Journalists of Nigeria(AMJON) Finance Conference slated to hold at  Sheraton Hotel and Towers, Ikeja, Lagos; on Thursday, August 22, 2024.

The 2024 AMJON Conference in collaboration with the NSML will be chaired by the Managing Director/CEO, NSML, Mr Abdulkadir Ahmed, who will also expected to present a paper on ’Training and Capacity for Sailors and Mariners’. While Dr Mobereola is billed to present a paper on ’Actualizing the Vision of the Blue Economy’, Dantsoho of NPA is expected to deliver a keynote speech on ’Repositioning The Ports For Greater Efficiency-The NPA Option’.

Financial institutions like Fidelity Bank are also participating as Fidelity Bank PLC would speak on ‘Funds For Maritime Infrastructure and National Development-The Fidelity Offers and Packages’.

Meanwhile, other industry experts slated to speak at the event include the Controller of Apapa Customs Command, Comptroller Babatunde Olomu, who will speak on Customs Role in Trade Facilitation: Issues and Challenges, while the Customs Area Controller of Tin Can Island Command, Apapa, Comptroller Dera Nnadi, who is billed to chairman the event will make a presentation on ’Time Release Study’.

Speaking on the event, AMJON President, Mr. Paul Ogbuokiri, stated that the 2024 edition is packed to get experts to brainstorm and proffer solutions to the very knotty challenge of attracting investment and financing to the Nigerian Maritime industry.

Ogbuokiri said the conference also aimed at supporting the Federal Government efforts at making Nation’s Blue Economy a quick fix and lasting option for economic diversification. Chairman, 2024 Planning Committee of the AMJON Annual Finance Conference, Mr Kelvin Kagbare, assured that all that is needed to make the event a success have been put in place.

He disclosed that other industry bigwigs like the President General of Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN), Comrade Adewale Adeyanju and the President of Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA), Mr Emenike Nwokeoji,  among others are expected to grace the event.