The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) said it has entered an agreement with the Abade-Toru Manga Community Development Initiative to adopt Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in a matter before the House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions.
The committee was investigating a petition brought against NIMASA where the Abade-Toru Manga Community Development Initiative alleged that NIMASA failed to establish educational and skills acquisition projects in the coastal communities as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
However, when the matter was called by legislators, both parties agreed to seek peaceful settlement through Alternative Dispute Resolution.
The Chairman of the committee, Mike Etaba, said NIMASA team led by Director, Administration and Human Resources, Isichei Osamgbi, had reached out to the Committee earlier seeking to resolve the matter through ADR.
“NIMASA team met me before the sitting and we have agreed that this matter be handled through ADR for proper implementation. If there is anything we encourage it is ADR. And if parties agree with ADR they will go into it” he said.
The Chairman, Abade-Toru Manga Community Development Initiative, George Wilcox Noah, said he was satisfied with the deal.
According to Noah, the agreement showed the community’s commitment to settling its dispute with NIMASA.
He said going forward there would be peaceful coexistence between the community and NIMASA.
Noah assured that sea piracy which affects both the Niger Delta region and the Gulf of Guinea would be mitigated.
“I am very much satisfied with the resolution since it goes in line with the plea from the agency, just to show that we are not in any loggerhead with the agency. We are not antagonizing the agency” Noah added.
Niger Delta Community Agrees With NIMASA To Fight Sea Pirates is first published on The Whistler Newspaper
