{"id":414229,"date":"2018-03-29T10:25:03","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T10:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=414229"},"modified":"2018-03-29T10:25:03","modified_gmt":"2018-03-29T10:25:03","slug":"veep-to-african-maritime-authorities-tighten-security-at-ports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/03\/veep-to-african-maritime-authorities-tighten-security-at-ports\/","title":{"rendered":"Veep to African maritime authorities: Tighten security at ports"},"content":{"rendered":"
Vice President, Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia has demanded that maritime authorities ensure the enforcement of the framework guiding shipping standards in the West African Region.<\/p>\n
The Vice President noted that with an estimated 90 percent of African imports and exports conducted by sea transport, the issues of maritime safety and marine pollution has become a critical issue that calls for serious attention.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”5OYX73EUdjxw7xt4NcCRzgy8ZCavaGPc”]Speaking at an opening ceremony of Third Ministerial Conference of the Abuja MoU on Port State Control for West and Central African Countries, in Accra, the Vice President said security at the various port should be tightened so as to meet international standards.<\/p>\n
\u201cTighten your net when carrying out port state control inspection in order to ensure that all ships that call to do business at our port are seaworthy and operate in accordance with standard and regulations,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n