A don at the Federal College of Fisheries and Marine Technology in Lagos and the leadership of the Ship Owners Association of Nigeria (SOAN) have disagreed over the viability of the recently signed $195m maritime security contract between the Nigerian government and an Israeli firm, HLSI Security Firms and Technology Inc. Greg Ogbeifun stated that the maritime security contract signed with the Israeli firm runs foul of the nations local content policy. One would have thought that such an engagement of a foreign security outfit would have been done by our own security agencies. “We have to look at things holistically, Nigerian Navy cannot police our territorial waters all alone, it’s not possible. Even people that build ships don’t do it all alone.”“There is absolutely nothing wrong with a maritime security agreement with a foreign partner.

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 18, 2018 02:15 UTC