By Lamin Njie
Assistant Information Officer
Ministry of Transport, Works and Infrastructure
Dr. Paul Adalikwu, newly appointed Secretary General of the Maritime Organization of West and Central Africa (MOWCA), on Monday, 28th February, 2022, paid a courtesy call on Bai Lamin Jobe, Minister for Transport, Works and Infrastructure at his office in kanifing.
The courtesy call was meant to thank the Minister and his team for supporting his candidacy of becoming the new Secretary General of the maritime body.
The maritime body which was established in May, 1975 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, is mandated to ensure safety, security and marine environmental protection, thereby also enhancing regional trade by sea.