AN EVALUATION OF THE ROLE OF NIMASA IN THE MARITIME INDUSTRY

ABSTRACT: This study was carried out on the role of NIMASA in the maritime industry. The survey design was adopted and the simple random sampling techniques were employed in this study. The population size comprise of staff of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Lagos State. In determining the sample size, the researcher purposefully selected 53 respondents and 50 were validated. Self-constructed and validated questionnaire was used for data collection. The collected and validated questionnaires were analyzed using frequency tables. While the hypotheses were tested using chi-square statistical tool. The result of the findings reveals that NIMASA plays a significant role in regulating shipping safety in terms of ship construction and navigation. The study also revealed that NIMASA plays a significant role in administering ship registration and licensing. Therefore, it is recommended that there is need for adequate evaluation and monitoring of the manpower recruitment NIMASA. This will help to ensure that workers are employed based on there technical know-how of how the industry runs and their ability to be productive to the organization, and not based on familiarity, tribalism or selfish interest of key officials. And workers must be oriented about the need to astern corrupt practices, and every victim of such should be penalized as due regardless of status.To mention but a few.