Nigeria Maritime Cadets Cry Out - Calls NIMASA to act fast.
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We Nigerian Maritime cadets both government trained and self sponsored have been stranded for months and some over a year due to some challenges. The normal procedure after the academic work of both marine engineering and marine transportation cadets, is one year of shipboard training in order to get our certificates. So far little or no attention is paid to this requirement from the government.
In attempt to help ourselves, we have made efforts to get the necessary documents that will enable us get placement. One of the requirements is the seaman identification record book known as ‘’discharge book’’ which is a prerequisite for boarding. The discharge book is as important to seafarers as the international passport is to anyone willing to travel abroad. Without the international passport one cannot apply for visa let alone travel. Likewise without the discharge book, seafarers cannot apply to any company for vessel placement. ‘’But for over a year the said discharge book has been unavailable’’, and the said discharge book is under the purview of the apex maritime Agency NIMASA.
For several months attempts has been made by us to contact the offices concerned to make available the discharge book but has till date yielded no positive outcome. we have not only being a liability to our parents or relatives with whom we have been living with during this period, but we have also at times like this been left out in contributing to the revitalisation of the economy through maritime, as maritime stands to be the major economic gateway. We call on the federal government, NIMASA and every agency to please expedite our seatime training and in the absence of that, provide us with the discharge book we need to source for placements ourselves.
God bless Nigeria.
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Its my prayers that this gets to the authorities so that they will do what needed to be done.
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