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The Secretary General, Maritime Organisation of West and Central Africa (MOWCA), Dr. Paul Adalikwu, has called for concerted efforts of governments, multi national companies and individuals to support maritime training in the sub-region. Adalikwu, who made the call recently shortly after a visit to the Regional Maritime University (RMU) in Nungua, Ghana, urged all stakeholders and investors operating in the maritime sector of the region to contribute in raising training and certification standards of the university and other maritime academies in west and central Africa. Commending the university’s management for its increasing quality in the face of limited resources, he described the institution as a critical arm of MOWCA in human capital development. According to him, RMU and other maritime academies in the MOWCA region deserve support of terminal operators, shipping companies, international oil companies, and others, including individuals, to develop further. The SG said such support would amount to multiple benefits to the trained seafarers, the governments, private companies and the economic growth of the regions. He described huge resources spent to train African seafarers by some countries for globally accepted Certificates of Competency as huge costs to the sponsoring countries. According to him, such funds could be deployed to achieve more if most of the trainings are done within the MOWCA region to save cost and impact on more number of youths. “At MOWCA, we are aware that some countries in our region have had to spend more foreign exchange from their meager resources to complete the maritime training of their citizens abroad. “Many students in our region have also had to privately source funding to acquire certificates in oil, Chemical and Gas tanker officers’ course outside Africa. “We are concerned and feel that if specialised courses like dynamic positioning of vessels are done within the MOWCA region, thereby cutting the cost of traveling, more youths would benefit from high quality maritime training at lesser costs.
“MOWCA is, therefore, appealing to foreign and local companies operating in our ports and entire maritime industry to support our maritime university and academies through donation of equipment, financial grants and making them their first choice of location for manpower sourcing.
“As a body comprising 25 countries, we are deliberate in the drive for the development of qualified and competent seafarers to operate modern ships and contribute to global trade through maritime industry.
“I am optimistic things are going to get better for our training institutions even as I look forward to visiting the RMU again soon”, Adalikwu said.
Acting Vice Chancellor of the RMU, Dr Jethro Brooks Jnr, while welcoming the SG, who was at the university for the first time since assumption of office in November 2021, reiterated the institution’s commitment to quality manpower training.
He said the university upholds the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) training standards without compromising any aspect of Standard of Training Certification and Watch keeping for officers and ratings, otherwise called the Manila Convention.
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The Ventures, powered by First City Monument Bank, has commenced the disbursement of 90-day zero-interest loans of up to N5million across the country to women-owned Small to Medium Enterprises. A statement said the 90-day zero-interest loan initiative was resuming for the third consecutive year to bridge the funding gaps faced by women-owned enterprises, ensuring access to capacity-building programmes. Speaking on the initiative, the Managing Director, FCMB, Mrs Yemisi Edun, said, “Our SheVentures zero-interest loan is helping women entrepreneurs pursue profitable and sustainable growth through upfront capital for new products, services and expansion. “In addition, it has uplifted and safeguarded women-owned businesses from the brutal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, among other challenges.” According to the statement, the Head of Women in Business at FCMB, Ms Yetunde Moito, said qualified women entrepreneurs could access between N500,000 and N5,000. She said between January 2021 and June 2022, She Ventures disbursed over N400m to about 250 women-owned SMEs through the free interest loans offering. “Over 15,000 others also benefitted from free training, mentoring and other empowerment programmes organised as part of the broad objectives of FCMB to empower women entrepreneurs”, she stated. The statement added that, “the bank’s focus on financial inclusion and SMEs was recently supported by a $17.3m funding partnership with MasterCard Foundation. “As a result, FCMB will provide more affordable loans to 100,000 SMEs over the next five years, focusing on 90per cent participation by women.”
Nigeria and India have strengthened collaboration in Information and Communications Technology (ICT), green economy, artificial intelligence and entrepreneurship training as both countries boost their bilateral relations. Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, disclosed this when he received in his office India’s Minister of State of External Affairs, Shri V. Muraleedharan, who was in Nigeria to attend the inauguration of the Nigeria-India Business Council (NIBC). Briefing journalists after a closed-door meeting, the Minister said Muraleedharan’s visit shows how much important Nigeria is to India. He stated that Nigeria also aspires to learn from India’s wealth of knowledge in Information Communication and technology. “We have in areas of business a very solid and growing relations. India is one of the largest investors in Nigeria and of course India is one of the largest markets for Nigerian crude. “India is a destination country for Nigerian students, for medical tourists and our cooperation is very strong in many other fields, defence industry and so on,” he said. He noted the population of Indians in Nigeria is probably the highest in any West African country, which is a proof of a strong relationship between the two countries. “We need to strengthen people- to -people relationship, business relationship and we aspire to achieve some very worthy achievement of India in the field of ICT. “In Information Technology, India is the leader. So, we really feel that we can benefit enormously now in the relationship that we are building going forward,” Onyeama said. Responding to questions from journalists, the Minister said Nigeria and India were also collaborating in such areas as the defense and security, business and cultural cooperation, power, and energy. “India is the main intitator in the framework of the conference of the parties on climate change of the solar alliance and on renewable energy. “Obviously this is an area where both countries are trying to key into and benefit from. “On Defence cooperation, there is a joint initiative with some of our Defence institutions on the development of detection of Iimprovised explosive Ddevices which we are working on,” he stated. Acknowledging that his country and Nigeria have excellent relations at the bilateral level, Muraleedharan said he is optimistic the relationship will continue to thrive. “Today we have the opportunity to discuss on various bilateral aspects, including the trade, consular issues, the education and all these issues”, he said. He continued that the newly established NIBC will be a milestone in the improvement of the bilateral trade, investment in various sector, noting that India is ready to provide soft credit to Nigeria for to build solar power plants. “The multi sectoral delegation that has come from India to attend this NIBC will have discussions with their counterparts and various chambers in Nigeria.
Plastics, pharmaceuticals and sugar worth $10.98billion were imported into Nigeria between 2020 and 2021. According to data from the International Trade Centre (ITC), within the time under review, the nation spent $1.82billion on sugar products, $4.21billion on pharmaceutical products, and $4.95billion on plastic products. Countries from which these products came include: China, Korea Republic, Saudi Arabia, India, United States of America, Netherlands, Denmark, United Arab Emirates, Brazil, and Switzerland. The ITC also said sugars and sugar confectionery products that were imported included cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose; chemically pure lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose; sugar syrups; artificial honey; caramel; molasses; sugar confectionery not containing cocoa, including white chocolate. Pharmaceutical products include: dried glands and other organs for organo-therapeutic uses; extracts of glands or other organs or their secretions, for organo-therapeutic uses; heparin and its salts; other human or animal substances prepared for therapeutic or prophylactic uses; human blood; animal blood prepared for therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic uses; antisera and other blood fractions and immunological products; amd vaccines, toxins, cultures of micro-organisms (excluding yeasts). Plastics products imported include: polymers of ethylene in primary forms; silicones in primary forms; petroleum resins; cellulose and its chemical derivatives; waste, parings, and scrap of plastics; as well as tubes, pipes, and hoses, and fittings. It also included baths, shower-baths, sinks, washbasins, bidets, lavatory pans, seats, and covers; flushing cisterns and similar sanitary ware, of plastics; articles for the conveyance or packaging of goods, of plastics; stoppers, lids, caps, and other closures, of plastics; tableware, kitchenware, other household articles, and toilet articles of plastics (excluding baths, shower-baths, washbasins, bidets, lavatory pans, seats and covers, flushing cisterns and similar sanitary ware).
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