In line with the global focus on enhancing the role of womenin the maritime and shipping sector, the Director General of the NigerianMaritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA Dakuku Peterside, hasannounced the Agency’s readiness to support initiatives aimed at getting moreAfrican women involved in the industry. Dakuku said this when the president of Women’s InternationalShipping and Trading Association, WISTA, Ghana, Jemilat Mahamah, paid him acourtesy visit at NIMASA headquarters in Lagos. He pledged that the agency will sponsor a high-powereddelegation to the 6th WISTA Africa Region Conference holding in Accra fromApril 2nd to 4th. Earlier, the President of WISTA Ghana, Jemilat Mahamahemphasised the place of the 45-year-old organisation in the maritime world. She used the opportunity to invite the NIMASA DirectorGeneral to the 6th WISTA Africa Region Conference and also sought the supportof African countries, especially Nigeria, towards the conference.