Until his appointment, Commodore Gaya was the Director of
ECOWAS Multinational Maritime Coordination Centre Zone E Cotonou, Republic of
Benin. He has held other military and command postings in various Naval
Commands within and outside the country.
Commodore Gaya holds a Bachelor of Science degree in
Chemistry and a Masters degree in Defence Management Command and Strategy. He
equally holds a certificate in Maritime Security and Transnational Organised
Crime course from the Koffi Annan International Peace Keeping Training Center
Accra, Ghana
The Maritime Guard Command is a product of the Memorandum of
Understanding, MoU between NIMASA and the Nigerian Navy to foster a closer
working relationship between both organs of Government in securing the Nigerian
Maritime domain.
The Director General of NIMASA, Dr Bashir Jamoh,restated the
Agency’s commitment to continuous collaboration with the Nigerian Navy and
other arms of the Nigerian Armed Forces to secure the country’s territorial
waters and the Gulf of Guinea by extension.
The DG said, “the agency will like to appreciate the
Nigerian Navy for keeping with its tradition of always deploying very competent
officers to the NIMASA Maritime Guard Command and ensuring safer maritime
boundaries to the benefit of the country and the international community.
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