Buhari sacks Peterside as Nimasa DG, picks a Northerner as replacement

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Bashir Jamoh as the new Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency.


Jamoh will replace Dakuku Peterside who was appointed in 2016 to head the maritime agency.


Peterside’s tenure as NIMASA DG ends on March 10, 2020.

The newly appointed DG is currently the Executive Director, Administration  and Finance at NIMASA.

Jamoh, who hails from Kaduna, is also the current president of the Chartered Institute of Transport Administration of Nigeria.