Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, has ordered a fresh audit of the
Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Nigerian
Ports Authority (NPA) and other agencies in the Ministry of
Transportation. Amaechi gave the order while receiving the ministerial
committee report on NIMASA yesterday July 19th.
“We are in the process of appointing an auditor to audit NIMASA, NPA and
other agencies in the Ministry of Transportation. Maybe after the
auditor’s work, we would have a clearer picture as to where all the
billions went. The auditing is to find out if NIMASA at any point
discharged its core responsibilities beyond collection of revenues. And
all the revenues NIMASA has been collecting, where did it go? We also
set up your committee to reposition NIMASA and make it relevant to grow
the economy. I will study the report and call a management meeting of
the ministry and take a decision on the way forward”he said