In a statement
signed by Head, Public Relations, Hajia
Lamin Tumaka, which was made available to Tectono Business Review, NIMASA
said the decision was made to pursue its mandate as the Designated Authority
(DA) for the implementation of the International Ship and Port Facility
Security (ISPS) Code. It further explained that the agency exercised its powers
in line with provisions of part VIII of the ISPS code implementation
regulations 2014.
According to
Hajia Tumaka, the facility was considered to be non-compliant after repeated
warnings and extension of time graciously granted its management over the past
year.
In Hajia
Tumaka’s own words: “Going by the saying that a chain
is as strong as its weakest link, Management of the Agency has commenced the
shutting of port facilities that have persistently failed to comply with the
ISPS code so as to forestall a situation where security breaches in such
facilities will negatively impact the compliant ones.
“Any
shut facility will remain closed until the managers of such a facility correct
the identified deficiencies and pay a prescribed fine before they will be
reopened for business.”
It will be
recalled that NIMASA, which formally became the Designated Authority for the
implementation of the code in May 2013 when compliant facilities were less than
10, has progressively grown the number to over 80% of the nation’s 129
facilities.
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