Jonathan Appoints Mu’azu NIMASA Chairman

Posted by admin Latest Politics Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011

President Goodluck Jonathan has appointed a former governor of Bauchi State, Alhaji Ahmed Adamu Mu’azu, as chairman, board of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). He replaces Senator Baba Tela, who recently resigned his appointment to run for governor under the platform of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in the state.

A Federal Government parastatal, NIMASA is the apex regulatory and promotional maritime agency. It was created on August 1, 2006 from the merger of the National Maritime Authority and Joint Maritime Labour Industrial Council – former parastatals of the Federal Ministry of Transport.

It is charged with the responsibility of pursuing the development of shipping and regulating matters relating to merchant shipping and seafarers; administering the registration and licensing of ships; regulating and administering the certification of seafarers and others.

Born on June 11, 1955, Alhaji Mu’azu was governor of Bauchi State between May 29, 1999 and May 29, 2007. He is a member of the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

He attended primary school from 1962 to 1968. Between 1971 and 1975, he attended the Gindiri Boys Secondary School in the then Benue-Plateau State, where he obtained Division one (Distinction) in the West African School Certificate Examination.

He later proceeded to the School of Basic Studies at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and later received a Bachelors of Science Degree in Quantity Surveying. From 1980 to 1983, Mu’azu worked as a Quantity Surveyor/Project Manager in the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Social Welfare, Youth, Sports and Culture in Kano State. He returned to his alma mater in 1983 and received a Master of Science Degree in Construction Management. He served as property manager of the Bauchi State Investment and Property Development Company before attending Birmingham University in the United Kingdom and received a second Masters Degree, this time in the area of Construction Economics.

From 1984 until his election as state governor in 1999, Mu’azu worked as a businessman in the private sector. Between 1984 and 1987, he was chairman of the Federal Polytechnic in Idah and chairman of the Benue-Plateau Construction Company in Jos, from 1986 to 1990.

Mu’azu was also a member of the Bauchi State Scholarship Board during that period. Between 1987 and 1997, he served in a number of capacities including director of the Nigeria Ports Authority and a member of the Bauchi State Rural Development Council. He was re-elected for a second four-year term in 2003.

He ran for a Senate seat in the 2007 general election, but was defeated.

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