CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND
Nigeria is without doubt one of the most developed African international locations and is positioned in West Africa bordered by Cameroon on the best, Benin on the Left, Niger on the North and the Atlantic Ocean on the South. Its strategic place has performed a giant half within the improvement of its economic system because it enjoys among the equatorial climates which can be majorly within the central elements of Africa but in addition spreads to the Western elements of the continent.
None the much less, despite the nation being the 21st largest economic system on this planet, it’s also ranked the 20th in buying energy parity globally (Baird, A.J, 2004). It is because it has many sectors that contribute extremely to the economic system. For instance, it has an increasing manufacturing sector; different excessive performing sectors are the monetary sector, communications, sector, leisure sector expertise and the service sectors. A basic enhance within the efficiency of those sectors has led to a lower within the debt to GDP ratio to eight% (2015) from 11% (2012). Due to this fact, it may be famous that the economic system is rising steadily. The truth is, Citigroup report revealed a report in 2011 indicating that Nigeria can have the very best GDP development by the 12 months 2050, additionally, from their statistics; they predict that Nigeria would be the ninth most developed nation on this planet.
The Nigeria’s labor power includes of about 74 million people who find themselves scattered into totally different industries’ within the nation. On this inhabitants sector, 12.2% are within the lodging, transport, meals and actual property whereas about 30% of this inhabitants is in fishing, forestry, and farming (Baird, A.J, 2004). Due to this fact, the Marine sector, consequently, it’s a important contribution to the Nigerian economic system because it impacts the; Meals, transportation and fishing industries that are excessive contributors to the event of the nation.
Due to the big inhabitants within the marine trade, it is very important take into account the protection of seafarers as they comprise a substantial share of the Nigerian workforce. Due to this fact, the significance of analyzing the effectiveness of sailors coaching in Nigeria, in order to find out what must be improved and what motion is efficient.
1.2 JUSTIFICATION
It goes with out saying that the maritime trade is of utmost significance in Nigeria’s economic system as a superb share of the labor power earn their supply of livelihood from it. Consequently, this sector tends to contribute a excessive proportion of the nation’s GDP that in flip makes the nation to be the biggest economic system in Africa and have the 21st highest GDP on this planet (Baird, A.J, 2004). To take care of this standing, it’s mandatory for the federal government of the nation to search for methods to preserve the lives of seafarers as a result of excessive dangers they’re uncovered to each day. To be protected refers to being protected towards any type of hurt in numerous features. These features could also be; bodily, political, social, occupational, religious, and so forth. Nevertheless, in maritime security, the main points checked out are; security of human beings and their surroundings, the navigational system and environment friendly maritime transport.
Delivery is taken into account to be one of many industries which can be thought-about probably the most harmful on this planet, because of its nature of operations and the majority of things which can be being uncovered to danger (Baird, A.J, 2004. Resulting from this, the transport enterprise is ruled by strict guidelines and laws that make numerous firms within the trade act in a disciplined and arranged method in order to stop losses.
Security, subsequently, it’s key to make sure that all of the transport actions are carried out in an organized method that in flip cut back the dangers and likewise streamline all of the actions that go on in a ship. Additionally, ships are extraordinarily costly vessels. Due to this fact, it is very important be certain the ships serve for an prolonged interval to make sure the homeowners of the ship get their investments again and never undergo losses as an alternative.
The total implementation of the principles and laws within the transport trade has led to a discount in many of the accidents, casualties and oil spills which were taking place within the current previous. Which means that the principles and laws have been a bit efficient up to now. Nevertheless, there was a rise within the variety of incidents lately that signifies that there are a couple of loop holes in these guidelines and laws therefore the necessity for a totally applied security tradition. Due to this fact, the explanation for this research is to research the effectiveness of seafarers coaching in Nigeria.
1.three AIM
The goal of this research is to research the effectiveness of the Nigerian maritime coaching system.
1.four OBJECTIVES
To realize the aim of this research of analyzing the effectiveness of the Nigerian maritime coaching system, the next aims had been formulated to conceptualize and perceive the significance of this research:
1. Overview the current coaching technique/coverage adopted by the Nigerian maritime authorities.
2. Figuring out the totally different research routes of turning into seafarers in Nigeria
three. Reviewing the current seafaring program performed by the Maritime Authority
four. To find out the very best coaching system that provides extra worth to the Nigerian Seafarers
1.5 LIMITATIONS
To research the effectiveness of seafarers coaching in Nigeria, it’s crucial that questionnaires be issued to the seafarers; subsequently, a direct limitation is the transportation prices to the seafarers which result in extra bills of the research. Along with this, the timeframe to finish this analysis is proscribed, therefore, incapacity to get and analyze ample information. Along with this, the character of this analysis requires the researcher to concern questionnaires to skilled seafarers who’ve been within the trade for a substantial interval. It is a hindrance to the research since issuing a questionnaire to an inexperienced seafarer could result in inaccurate outcomes. This elevated the time taken for analysis to search for skilled sailors.
1.6 STUDY OUTLINE
The research of analyzing the effectiveness of seafarers coaching in Nigeria is split into six separate chapters particularly; the introduction as the primary chapter, literature evaluate, and methodology, the second chapter, information assortment the third, information Assessment because the fourth chapter, findings of study and conclusion and reflection of research. Chapter 1 consists of the introduction half that covers; background of the survey, justification of the research, goal of the research, aims of the research, and limitations of the research. Chapter 2 of the research consists of the Literature evaluate of the research which incorporates each theoretical and empirical. Chapter three includes of information assortment. Chapter four includes of an Assessment of the information collected. Chapter 5 consists of the findings from the analyzed information, and Chapter 6 summarizes and displays on the research.
1.7 SUMMARY
The effectiveness of seafarers coaching in Nigeria is vital because the GDP of the nation vastly will depend on it. That is due to a excessive proportion of the workforces labor within the marine trade. Due to this fact, it is very important decide the effectiveness of the coaching seafarers get for them to do their work with out the assorted dangers sailors face. Assessment of the assorted coaching the seafarers get will make it simple to slim right down to the very best coaching thus resulting in its implementation and conservation of the nation’s GDP. The goal of this research is to research the effectiveness of the Nigerian maritime coaching system, and the restrictions of the research included time constraints, monetary constraints, insufficient personnel to reply questionnaires and inadequate information to hold out the analysis. The analysis is split into six chapters which embrace; introduction, literature evaluate, information assortment, information Assessment, findings of study and conclusion and reflection of research.
