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A study of the cabotage policy in Nigeria from the prismsof ship acquisition and shipbuildin

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t is trite that shipping is pivotal to the economic development of Nigeria.Aside from significantly contributing to the country’s revenue, shipping is an indispens-able aspect of the oil and gas sector, the bastion of Nigeria’s economic, sociopolitical,and infrastructural development. Thus, active participation of Nigerians in the shippingsubsector, as well as other sectors, is unassailable and imperative, culminating in theintroduction of cabotage in Nigeria. The kernel of this paper is to critically analyse thecabotage regime in Nigeria from the lenses of ship acquisition and shipbuilding with aview to enhancing indigenous participation in coastal and inland waterway transport inthe country. The author argues that inadequate funding and absence of investment arecentral in hampering ship acquisition and the development of shipbuilding capability,thereby undermining cabotage in Nigeria. This paper further asserts that the extantcabotage legal regime in Nigeria is fundamentally flawed due to the existence of waiverswithout safeguards to protect indigenous ship operators. Moreover, the waiver regimedoes not encourage technology transfer. The paper concludes by reiterating that ade-quate funds and investments in human and shipping infrastructural development and theamendment of the Cabotage Act to reflect the removal of surcharges and the inclusion oftransfer of technology and other safeguards to the waivers are imperative in ensuring aproper and effective cabotage regime in Nige

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