By Fabian Anawo
A Maritime stakeholder, Miss Ronke Kosoko has set an agenda for the incoming President in the Maritime sector.
Miss Kosoko who operates an Employment Clinic in the Maritime sector urged the incoming President to appoint competent professionals to head agencies in the sector inorder to improve the economy of the country.
She spoke during an interactive session with Newsmen in Lagos.
While congratulating Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu on their electoral victories, she noted that the Maritime industry has the potentials to turn around the economic fortune of the country if the right appointments and decisions are made.
One other thing she wants the incoming government to handle well is the Maritime Conversion Programme, MCP, designed to introduce Nigerian graduates to the maritime sector and improving career prospects.
Miss Kosoko said that the MCP, which has the backing of the government, would fix more than five thousand Nigerian graduates with the right employers in the industry saying that the MCP is only a vehicle for transfer of knowledge and not a job creation scheme.
According to her, infrastructure that would make Maritime the pride of the nation and aid growth and development have to be built, saying that the Lagos State thirty years Master plan launched in 2022 will be a big joke without Maritime.
She said that the combination of Asiwaju Tinubu as President and Sanwo-Olu as governor provides an opportunity for them to transform the Apapa Ports to a huge employment market.
According to her, the duo of Asiwaju and Sanwo-Olu have a responsibility to arrest the declining fortune of Apapa Ports and return them to their lost glories.
While she commended the coming on board of the new Lekki Deepsea Port, she alleged that it has created operational problems for Apapa Port, terminals and allied businesses by virtually poaching their skilled staff.
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