The Federal Government has announced plans to position Nigeria to benefit from the $90 million global market for Electronic Navigational Charts (ENCs), as part of efforts to modernize maritime operations and boost the blue economy.
The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, made this known at the World Hydrography Day 2025 and West African Hydrographic Summit with the theme, “Seabed Mapping -Enabling Ocean Action”, on Saturday in Abuja, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
He said the Federal Government had established the International Centre for Electronic Navigational Charts West Africa Regional Office and Training Centre.