Amaechi who was said to have been disenchanted by series of complaint by the Academy’s Rector, Mr. Joshua Okpo over lack of funding has also threatened to sack the Rector if he fails to account for the money.
The Minister’s action is coming on the heels of revelation that the academy had collected N13billion under the watch of the rector.
The Minister who was irked by the complaint has issued official directive to the ministry to probe allocation of the fund, even as he has also concluded plans to visit the Academy today December 1st,2015 for on the spot assessment of the academy.
Amaechi was also said to be infuriated by plans of MAN’s management to build a shopping mall in the Academy, thus prompted him to request for what it takes to build a world- class maritime academy, while condemning the move to build a mall at the academy.
Vanguard gathered that the Minister also directed management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency(NIMASA) to produce a model of world-class maritime academy as he intends to set a standard with MAN Oron in the next one year as a flagship project within his one year in office.
The Minister, who said he is being fed with misleading information against NIMASA and NPA, requested to see what the Academy has been able to achieve with the monies allocated to it.
Earlier, Okpo in his briefing with the Minister alleged that NIMASA and the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) were not discharging their statutory financial obligations to the Academy as required; hence the Academy is perpetually in need of funds to build the needed capacities in the nation’s maritime sector.
Okpo’s tenure in MAN has been riddled with series of allegations and scandals to the extent that the former Transport Minister, Sen. Idris Umar had to set up an internal committee to investigate some.
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