{"id":6331,"date":"2015-10-01T22:54:04","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T22:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=6331"},"modified":"2015-10-01T22:54:04","modified_gmt":"2015-10-01T22:54:04","slug":"tompolos-arrangement-with-buharis-govt-remain-intact-nimasa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=6331","title":{"rendered":"Tompolo\u2019s Arrangement With Buhari\u2019s Govt Remain Intact \u2013 NIMASA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NIMASA has rubbished reports that the federal government has broken off its relationship with Tompolo\u2019s company which is in charge of pipeline security in parts of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Isichie Osangbi, Deputy Director of Public relations for the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) denied receiving any directive from the presidency to discontinue payment to Global West Vessel Specialists Nigeria Limited (GWVSNL) for the provision of platforms for security of the nation\u2019s waterways, which is owned by the ex-militant leader.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNIMASA is a government agency and would always implement government policy or reform in the maritime sector and not to be seen doing the opposite. Also, as a government agency, NIMASA ought to be in the know if there was any such directive or change in policy, since the alleged directive, according to those peddling the rumour, was meant for the agency to put an end to all payments to Global West Vessel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI tell you with due sense of responsibility that there is no such directive. If there is, nothing would have stopped NIMASA from informing members of the public or issuing statement to that effect,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are aware of our core mandate and we will do everything to enforce the federal government law as it affects the maritime sector. No rumor or falsehood will distract us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The maritime security contract was approved by former President Goodluck Jonathan and awarded by NIMASA in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Source: http:\/\/www.nigerianbulletin.com<a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Tompolo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6332\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Tompolo.jpg\" alt=\"Tompolo\" width=\"200\" height=\"135\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NIMASA has rubbished reports that the federal government has broken off its relationship with Tompolo\u2019s company which is in charge of pipeline security in parts of the country. Isichie Osangbi, Deputy Director of Public relations for the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) denied receiving any directive from the presidency to discontinue payment to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6332,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[884,885,883,31,882],"class_list":["post-6331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-global-west-vessel-specialists-nigeria-limited","tag-isichie-osangbi","tag-nimasa","tag-president-goodluck-jonathan","tag-tompolo"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Tompolo.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4oswh-1E7","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6331"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6333,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6331\/revisions\/6333"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}