Tinubu Urged to Expedite Take-off of Oron Maritime University
Alex Enumah in Abuja
President Bola Tinubu have been urged to fastrack the commencement of the University of Maritime Studies, Oron (UMSO), in order to enhance the potentials and growth of the Blue Economy sector.
Specifically, Tinubu was told that the country risks undermining its maritime development ambitions and losing critical opportunities in the sector owing to delays in the take-off of the University, over three years after the institution was established by an Act of the National Assembly and signed into law by former President Muhammadu Buhari on February 16, 2023.
The warning was given on Monday in Abuja, by the Oron Stakeholders Forum, which described the prolonged delay in activating the university as unacceptable, and against the socioeconomic development of the country.
