By Omolabake Cole
Lagos, July 30, ’25 (TNZ) Stakeholders in the Maritime sector have called on the media to become advocates for positive growth in their reportage of the sector.
TheNewsZenith reports that the maritime stakeholders made the call at a one-day training for maritime reporters on Wednesday in Lagos.
Speaking at the event, Mrs Funke Agbor, President of the Nigeria Maritime Law Association (NMLA), urged the media to echo the challenges and opportunities in the Marine and Blue Economy to realise the sector’s immense potentials.
According to Agbor, there is a need for strong political will, competency, and purposeful intention to grow the Marine and Blue Economy.
“I have trust issue with the maritime sector for declaring Lome as the West Africa hub in shipping oil.
“We are not acting like the big country because we lack strong political will,” TheNewsZenith quotes Agbor as saying.
She sought for collaboration between maritime experts and the media towards enabling the Marine and Blue Economy sector to harness its potentials.
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NMLA president sought partnership with the media to educate the public on positive changes in the maritime sector.
She said that all maritime agencies should be streamlined, including the state-owned water transportation agencies.
Agbor said that inter-agency coordination would be used in translating government policies into action.
The convener and President of the Chartered Institute of Transport and Logistics (CITL), Mrs Mfon Usoro, urged the media to use the knowledge acquired to project issues of Marine and Blue Economy.
Also,
The Director General of the International Maritime Institute of Nigeria (IMION), retired Rear Admiral Christopher Udofar, also spoke at the event.
Udofar appealed to the media to advocate for formulation of effective maritime policy.
He urged them to tell a balanced story affecting the maritime domain, adding that he looked forward to seeing powerful narratives for reporting the Marine and Blue Economy. (TNZ)
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