MARITIME INTERCEPTION AND OPERATION: A REVIEW OF INTERFACE BETWEEN MULTIMISSIONED MARITIME SERVICES IN NIGERIA AND MALAYSIA
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2020
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Universiti Utara Malaysia
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Nigeria and Malaysia are two countries endowed with seas and the two countries have enacted legal frameworks and established agencies to address the menace of insecurity in ports and the maritime domains. Interestingly, the two countries are also members of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO). Both countries among other benefits charge fees on cargoes loaded or unloaded at ports and this significantly serves as a source of income, which no doubt enhances economic development. In this paper, it was observed that economic gains from the ports and maritime domain are not without their attendant risks inhibiting the fortunes derived from the seas despite legal and administrative machineries to surmount the challenges. This article considers some areas of interface, benefits and shortcomings in the legal and administrative agencies of maritime security in Nigeria and Malaysia. This article concludes by demonstrating that the legal framework in Nigeria and Malaysia on port and maritime security are virtually the same with little differences but there are a lot to be learnt from the implementation strategies of the Malaysian port and maritime security agencies especially in the areas operational strategies and provisions of basic amenities like stable electricity which is one of the panaceas to tame stowaway passengers among other insecurity in the port and maritime domain.
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MARITIME INTERCEPTION, OPERATION, INTERFACE, MULTIMISSIONED.
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Journal of Governance and Development (JGD), 16. (1)