Nigeria sends 100 seafarers to India for training

[samlove]

Abuja: Nigeria has sent 100 youths to India to receive training in various maritime fields to enable the oil-rich nation to take control of its coastal trade. Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Ziakede Patrick Akpobolokemi said that the seafarers would receive training at Chennai-based AMET University of Maritime Transport.

Akpobolokemi said the training is aimed to place Nigeria in a strategic position to "effectively take control of its coastal trade within the next 10 years." The beneficiaries were enjoined to treat the opportunity given to them by the country and the agency as a rare one by dedicating themselves fully to their studies and be guided by the rules and regulations of the university in addition to the laws of India, Akpobolokemi said.
"President Goodluck Jonathan is interested in the seafarers development programme and the cadets were admonished to be good ambassadors of Nigeria while in India," he said adding that he hopes Nigeria would become a hub of maritime activities in Africa as far as human capacity is concerned. Many Nigerians have benefitted from government sponsored scholarships in India.

In August 2011, 25 Nigerian repentant militants were sent to India to undergo trainings in diving and underwater welding under the African country's post-amnesty programme designed to make the former rebels more relevant in the petroleum sector. After an education fair held in Nigeria by India in 2012 more than 1,200 Nigerians went to India to study and the high commissioner to the oil-rich African country enthused that he expects this growth to accelerate further after an exhibition held in May 2013.

 

[Markus]

India should develop greater ties with African nations ans such trainings are a good way forward.

 

[Capn Jack Sparrow]

not only nigeria, angola sent her cadets to my college for the past 5 years or so. Some bangladeshi cadets do their training here. As the license given by indian government is highly sought after in international market and known for good and rigorous training

 

[Dandpatta]

not only nigeria, angola sent her cadets to my college for the past 5 years or so. Some bangladeshi cadets do their training here. As the license given by indian government is highly sought after in international market and known for good and rigorous training

True , very true Capt.J.S.

Indian naval (merchant naval) and military naval disciplines have complemented each other. India happens to be one of the biggest contributors of merchant navy officers / engineers and in fact, quite a few M.N personnel themselves come from ex-I.N years.

I was pleasantly surprised once while in Sri Lanka on a work visit, one of the naval personnel deployed on the checkpoints gave a warm smile when he came to know I came from the financial capital of India. He quickly started throwing a volley of conversational exchanges about his years in INS Dronacharya as a cadet (under naval exchange programs).

 

[Capn Jack Sparrow]

True , very true Capt.J.S.

Indian naval (merchant naval) and military naval disciplines have complemented each other. India happens to be one of the biggest contributors of merchant navy officers / engineers and in fact, quite a few M.N personnel themselves come from ex-I.N years.

I was pleasantly surprised once while in Sri Lanka on a work visit, one of the naval personnel deployed on the checkpoints gave a warm smile when he came to know I came from the financial capital of India. He quickly started throwing a volley of conversational exchanges about his years in INS Dronacharya as a cadet (under naval exchange programs).

oh. nice..yes u r ri8..almost all super tankers are manned by indians and there are many indian officers and engineers..filipinos are there too but more on the crew department

 

[Dandpatta]

oh. nice..yes u r ri8..almost all super tankers are manned by indians and there are many indian officers and engineers..filipinos are there too but more on the crew department

At the cost of going OT, may I add that before the IT boom happened in India, the biggest foreign exchange earner for Indians (in terms of profession or area of career) was shipping. All international shipping companies like Wallem / Univan / Anglo Eastern / M.S.C / etc paid their seafaring officers (and land based officers) in U.S.Dollars.

It was a trend back in the 60s-70s-80s for most Mech.Engineering graduates to seek an opportunity in shipping and many did not mind even starting off as "GREASE MONKEYS"

Today, I am happy to see a lot of senior merchant naval executives in most international companies to be from the Indian subcontinent (predominantly from India) but you also see a good number of Pakistanis at executive levels in recent years.