The Federal Government plans to upgrade Maritime Academy, Oron to a degrees-awarding Institution – The Minister of Transport, Sen. Idris Umar, said on Monday that the Maritime Academy of Nigeria, Oron, would be upgraded to award degrees.
NAN reports Umar made the statement at the 2013 World Maritime Day Celebration in Calabar. The theme of the event is: “Sustainable Development, IMO’s Contribution Beyond Rio+20”.
He said that a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was expected to be signed soon with the World Maritime University, Maimo in Sweden.
According to him, the Federal Government is also addressing the challenges of berthing facilities in the academy.
“Government is also addressing the challenges of berthing facilities for Nautical Science and Marine Engineering Cadets for their mandatory sea time to enable them obtain various classes of certificates of competency.’’