NIMASA to Automate Payment Process

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has concluded plans to automate its payment collection process for a more efficient and transparent system.

According to the Director General of the Agency, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, the switch was in line with the restructuring programme in the agency, which would also eliminate revenue leakages.

By this development, issues of payment evasion by shipping firms and other acts of financial infractions would be addressed.

“We are automating our payment platform in line with our strategic growth plan to ensure greater efficiency in the payment process. The new process will be integrated with similar platforms of sister Agencies in order to correctly ascertain levies chargeable per freight and eliminate the bottlenecks currently being experienced”, the DG said.

The DG while addressing representatives of major shipping companies operating in Nigeria under the auspices of the Shipping Association of Nigeria (SAN) in his office recently, also stated that the agency was working tirelessly to check the activities of pirate and other criminal acts on the waterways.

While he hinted that the Federal Government would soon launch a high capacity satellite system with a view of fighting crime. He called for the support of shipping companies to support the agency’s capacity building programme by providing sea time experience for cadets sponsored under the Nigerian Seafarers Development Programme (NSDP).