By Nneka Nwogwugwu
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has received a special mission aircraft under the Deep Blue Project.
The project is designed to secure the country’s waters up to the Gulf of Guinea.
The Director-General of NIMASA, Dr Bashir Jamoh, said this in a statement on Thursday in Lagos.
Jamoh said the aircraft was received on Wednesday, in company of the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr Timipre Sylva, and NIMASA’s Executive Director, Finance and Administration, Mr Chudi Offodile.
He said the assets would further improve security in the Nigerian waters.
Jamoh had earlier inspected three Special Mission Helicopters at the Naval Base, Apapa, under the project billed for launch on May 21.
He said there had been a drastic reduction in the rate of attacks in the country’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) with the deployment of the Deep Blue Project assets.
According to him, the goal was to eliminate entirely such incidents.
He noted that there was a drastic decrease in the rate of security breaches in our waters in recent times.
“This is a clear indication that we are getting it right with the Deep Blue Project,” the Vanguard reports.