Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency: An Explication of Its Powers of Enforcement in Nigerian Maritime Domain

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dc.contributor.authorAbdulkadir O. Abdulrazaq
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-04T09:22:45Z
dc.date.available2021-06-04T09:22:45Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionPower of NIMASAen_US
dc.description.abstractABSTRACT The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency is an agency of the Federal government under the Ministry of Transportation. It has the responsibility of ensuring maritime security and safety among others. The agency isbestowed with powers of enforcement against ships that flouts any of the provisions of NIMASA Act. This paper examines the power of appointing authority to the position of Director-General of the agency and argues that the appointments had been marred with controversy and insincerity in recent times as the requirement of the Act were not taken into cognisance. This paper also considers the general responsibilities of the agency as well as enforcement paradigm against erring ships towards prevention of marine pollution, efforts by NIMASA to actualisingits mandate and the challenges facing the agency. It evaluatesthe constitutional roles of the Nigerian Navy in respect of national and international maritime law, conventions, practices and customs which the country acceded. It concludes that NIMASA is imbued with the power to board, inspect, arrest and take appropriate judicial proceedings in consonance with NIMASA Act 2007 and UNCLOS 1982 but the functions are rarely utilised.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipSelf Sponsoreden_US
dc.identifier.citation11;en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/20.500.12484/5928
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherFaculty of Law, University of Jos.en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries;166-181
dc.subjectMaritimeen_US
dc.subjectAdministrationen_US
dc.subjectSafety Agencyen_US
dc.titleNigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency: An Explication of Its Powers of Enforcement in Nigerian Maritime Domainen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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