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Security2007Fourth Republic (Yar'Adua)· Act No. 17, 2007

Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency Act, 2007

NIMASA's regulation of merchant shipping, cabotage, maritime safety and labour.

Standard citation

Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency Act, 2007 (Act No. 17, 2007), Federal Republic of Nigeria.

The political & economic reality at enactment

The political and economic reality

Nigeria in 2007: who was in charge, the cabinet of the day, the GDP, and the crises that defined the period of this Act's commencement.

President · Fourth Republic

Chief Olusegun Obasanjo

1999–2007· PDP

National reality

Return to civilian rule, 29 May 1999. Telecoms deregulation (2001) — GSM revolution. Paris Club exit, October 2005 ($30 bn debt relief, Okonjo-Iweala). Pension Reform 2004. EFCC established 2003.

Crises of the period

  • Third Term agenda defeated 2006
  • Niger Delta militancy intensifies
  • ASUU strikes; Sharia introduction in 12 northern states

GDP (World Bank)

$59 bn (1999) → $166 bn (2007)

Cabinet (selected portfolios)

  • Finance

    Adamu Ciroma (1999–2003); Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (2003–06)

  • Education

    Tunde Adeniran; Babalola Borishade; Fabian Osuji; Chinwe Obaji; Oby Ezekwesili

  • Health

    Prof. ABC Nwosu

Sources · Federal Gazette 1999–2007 · CBN · World Bank WDI

President · Fourth Republic

Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar'Adua

2007–2010· PDP

National reality

Niger Delta amnesty programme (2009). Yar'Adua became gravely ill in late 2009; the Doctrine of Necessity (Feb 2010) made Goodluck Jonathan Acting President. Yar'Adua died 5 May 2010.

Crises of the period

  • Yar'Adua medical absence + cabal
  • Niger Delta amnesty negotiations
  • Boko Haram founding violence (Maiduguri 2009)

GDP (World Bank)

$166 bn (2007) → $369 bn (2010, post-rebasing trajectory)

Cabinet (selected portfolios)

  • Education

    Igwe Aja-Nwachuku; Dr. Sam Egwu

Source · Federal Gazette 2007–10

Methodology

Tier 1 · primary

Courts. Gazettes. National archives.

Tier 2 · corroborating

OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.

Tier 4 · tertiary, flagged

Wikipedia only where primary is pending. Always labelled.