Organizers of the 2024 Seminar For The Training Of Maritime Sector Reporters, has expressed its readiness to kick start the event, through a press statement made available to the media.
The Energy and Maritime Reporters (EMR), which is an arm of the Rivers State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), is said to have put everything in place for the 2024 Seminar, which is aimed at empowering Maritime Sector Reporters.
The theme of the seminar: “Understanding the Maritime Subsector and Issues in the Coastal Stated,” with sub-theme: ‘Maritime Safety Concerns and Approaches,’ shall be examined by Sir Dr. Charles Wami, MD/CEO, Charkin Maritime & Offshore Safety Centre, PortHarcourt, Rivers State.
The event which will hold on Wednesday, October 30th, 2024 at the NUJ Secretariat, Moscow road, will also feature the crowing of the Best Maritime Reporters with an award of honour.
Winners of the award being sponsored by ‘Dr Emi Membere-Otaji Foundation’ will be unveiled in the course of the event at NUJ House.
According to the press statement; Elshcon Nigeria Limited would be honoured as the Maritime Company of the Year 2024, while the Executive Governor of Rivers State, Sir Siminalayi Fubara is expected to be the Special Guest of Honour.
In the same vein, the Commissioner for Environment, Hon. Ben Chima, is expected to flag off the seminar as a Special Guest of Honour:
The Chairman of the occasion will be Dr. Daniel Tamunodukobipi, the National Chairman, Nigeria Institute of Marine Engineers and Naval Architects, NIMENA, who is also the HOD, Marine Engineering Department at the Rivers State University.
The Mayor of Housing, My-ACE China, shall make special intervention, while other industry experts would make further interventions to help Maritime Reporters in the Coastal Areas be at par with their counterparts in the Lagos axis, and help the Niger Delta reporters take its leading role in the coverage of the industry.
