Iconic Maritime Personality Award 2024: Shittu To Lead Maritime Stakeholders

BY FUNMI ALUKO

A former National President of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) and Chairman of Skelas Group, Prince Olayiwola Shittu, will lead maritime industry stakeholders as the Chairman to  the much-anticipated award dinner being organised by Nigerian Maritime Journalists to honour the excellent performance of the Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, MFR, on Thursday.

The event, which will hold at the Lagos Airport Hotel, Awolowo Road, Ikeja, Lagos State, Thursday 13, February 2025 by 6pm, is expected to have the crème-de-la-crème of the maritime industry from CEOs of government agencies to freight forwarding bigwigs, top ship owners, terminal operators, shipping lines, regulators, among others.

Nigerian Maritime Journalists, comprising all the associations covering the maritime beat, have come together to honour the Customs CG as the “Iconic Maritime Personality of the year 2024″

The unanimous decision by all maritime journalists under the auspices of the various beat associations cuts across print, electronic and online media.

These include the Maritime Reporters Association of Nigeria (MARAN), League of Maritime Editors (LOME), Association of Maritime Journalists of Nigeria (AMJON), Maritime Journalists Association of Nigeria (MAJAN), Shipping Correspondents Association of Nigeria (SCAN), Online Maritime Media Association of Nigeria (OMMAN) and Congress of Nigerian Maritime Media Practitioners (CONMMEP), as well as the non aligned practitioners.

They industry media practitioners believe that CG Adeniyi has registered sterling and excellent performance since assumption of office. These include unprecedented revenue collection, anti-smuggling activities, trade facilitation, national security, staff welfare, inter-agency collaboration, infrastructural upgrade, Information and Communication Technology, and Corporate Social Responsibility, among others.

The organisers, beside this superlative performance, also appreciate the Customs boss’ unrelenting professional support and partnership with the media.