Monrovia – The President of the World Maritime University Alumni Association Liberia Chapter, Mohamed Lavalie, has underscored the need for Liberia to fully explore its maritime potentials by allowing individuals with expertise in maritime to run the sector. Lavailie made the call in his acceptance speech after he was elected as the first President of World Maritime University Alumni Association Liberia Chapter on Feb. 17. He noted that Liberia’s surest way of getting on par with other leading nations in the maritime industry is by restlessly taking advantage of the country’s current pool of maritime professionals from the World Maritime University, International Maritime Law Institute and the Regional Maritime University as the sector is meaningful and quality demand driven. “Ghana was able to attract such a huge investment because as a country the person of the Republic of Ghana taps from the pool of maritime professionals as heads and main stream of all their maritime programs. Lavalie, however, lamented that of the 4,654 graduates from the World Maritime University and regional maritime institutions around the world, Liberia accounts for only 1%.

Source: Front Page Africa February 26, 2018 02:03 UTC