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Kaduna- A whooping 98% of Nigeria's bulk trade is currently being threatened by the increasing insecurity in its coastal region according to Commandant, Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC) Jaji, Kaduna, AVM John Chris Ifemeje. Daily Trust reports.
Speaking at a seminar for Senior Course 37 of the Department of Maritime Warfare tagged 'The Law of the Sea' in Jaji, he said the insurgency is gradually extending to the greater part of the Gulf of Guinea.
"Nigeria is a littoral state with a coastline of 420 nautical miles and vast sea space of 84, 000 square nautical miles. Within this area are living and non-living resources such as fish and crude oil from which comes about 90 per cent of our foreign earnings. Adjunct to the foregoing is the fact that 98 per cent of Nigeria's bulk trade is done through our maritime environment," he said.
"These economic activities which extend to the greater Gulf of Guinea (GOG) have continued to attract some security challenges with attendant legal implications in recent times. Some of these challenges include crude oil theft, pipeline vandalism and illegal oil refineries. Others are illegal oil bunkering, sea robbery and piracy," he said.
#Nigeria #Kaduna
Speaking at a seminar for Senior Course 37 of the Department of Maritime Warfare tagged 'The Law of the Sea' in Jaji, he said the insurgency is gradually extending to the greater part of the Gulf of Guinea.
"Nigeria is a littoral state with a coastline of 420 nautical miles and vast sea space of 84, 000 square nautical miles. Within this area are living and non-living resources such as fish and crude oil from which comes about 90 per cent of our foreign earnings. Adjunct to the foregoing is the fact that 98 per cent of Nigeria's bulk trade is done through our maritime environment," he said.
"These economic activities which extend to the greater Gulf of Guinea (GOG) have continued to attract some security challenges with attendant legal implications in recent times. Some of these challenges include crude oil theft, pipeline vandalism and illegal oil refineries. Others are illegal oil bunkering, sea robbery and piracy," he said.
#Nigeria #Kaduna
