Dr. Paul Adalikwu new Secretary General of MOWCA

From 16 to 18 November 2021 was held in Accra, Ghana, the 16th Extraordinary Session of the General Assembly of the Maritime Organisation for the West and Central Africa  « MOWCA », during which Dr. Paul Adalikwu, was elected new Secretary General of the institution for a term of 4 years.

Of Nigerian nationality, Dr. Paul Adalikwu succeeds the Angolan Alain Michel Luvambano (2011-2021) after 10 years in office.

The Maritime Organisation for the West and Central Africa  « MOWCA » was created in 1975. MOWCA is an Intergovernmental Organization for Maritime Cooperation which was originally known as the Ministerial Conference of West and Central African States on Maritime Transport « MINCONMAR ». In August 1999, it became the Maritime Organisation for the West and Central Africa  « MOWCA ». The missions assigned to MOWCA are to promote cost-effective maritime transport services, maritime safety and security, information flow, capacity building of maritime transport actors, sustainable financing of the maritime transport industry and facilitation of transit transport to landlocked member states.