{"id":6741,"date":"2021-05-06T20:11:44","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T19:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/?p=6741"},"modified":"2021-05-06T20:11:49","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T19:11:49","slug":"nigeria-icc-yaounde-pioneer-initiative-to-counter-piracy-in-gulf-of-guinea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/nigeria-icc-yaounde-pioneer-initiative-to-counter-piracy-in-gulf-of-guinea\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria, ICC Yaound\u00e9 Pioneer Initiative to Counter Piracy in Gulf of Guinea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Nigeria and the Inter Regional Coordination Centre (ICC) Yaound\u00e9 have formed a forum to galvanise regional and international efforts to ensure security in the Gulf of Guinea (GOG). Gulf of Guinea Maritime Collaboration Forum (GOG-MCF\/SHADE) was floated after meetings between Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Bashir Jamoh, representing Nigeria, and Executive Director of ICC Yaound\u00e9, Admiral Narciso Fastudo Jr.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A joint statement by NIMASA, the Nigerian Navy, and ICC Yaound\u00e9 said GOG-MCF\/SHADE, which was purposed to facilitate shared awareness and deconfliction of activities in the Gulf of Guinea, \u201cwill be open to all GOG countries with similar capacities to join on a voluntary basis.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The statement dated April 26, 2021 said, \u201cGOG-MCF\/SHADE will focus on counter-piracy and armed robbery by bringing together regional, international, industry and NGO partners to advance and coordinate near term maritime activities with a view to working toward a set of common operational objectives in order to protect seafarers and ships operating off the coast of West and Central Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jamoh and Fastudo agreed to hold the first virtual meeting of GOG-MCF\/SHADE as soon as practicable, saying modalities would be announced later. They said due to its complementary nature, the\u00a0G7++Group of Friends of the Gulf of Guinea (G7++FOGG)\u00a0would support the creation of GOG-MCF\/SHADE, which would comprise an open plenary session; working group meetings; working group chairs, coordination meeting; and a plenary session report.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jamoh said, \u201cThe new maritime security framework speaks to our own integrated approach to security in the country\u2019s waters and the Gulf of Guinea. We have always believed in bringing all maritime stakeholders on board in the search for security, and we have proffered that as a solution at various forums with our regional and international partners.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI am confident that cooperative efforts and shared capabilities are the best approach to success in our collective quest for maritime security.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cGOG-MCF\/SHADE is coming as a powerful new force for security in the Gulf of Guinea.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Philip Kyanet,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Head, Corporate Communications,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>NIMASA<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria and the Inter Regional Coordination Centre (ICC) Yaound\u00e9 have<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6742,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,1378,442,1327],"tags":[1374,1484,31,32,410,237,1448],"class_list":["post-6741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-maritime-security","category-news","category-nigeria","tag-gulf-of-guinea-en","tag-interregional-coordination-centre-icc","tag-maritimafrica","tag-maritime","tag-maritime-security","tag-nigeria","tag-nigerian-maritime-administration-and-safety-agency-nimasa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nigeria, ICC Yaound\u00e9 Pioneer Initiative to Counter Piracy in Gulf of Guinea - Maritimafrica<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Nigeria and the Inter Regional Coordination Centre (ICC) Yaound\u00e9 have formed a forum to galvanise regional and international efforts to ensure security in the Gulf of Guinea (GOG). 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