President Bola Tinubu received the report from the High Powered Presidential Committee (HPPC) on Nigeria’s extended continental shelf project yesterday, 14th May 2024.
He praised the team of experts for their dedicated work over the years in advancing this significant project. The initiative aims to extend Nigeria’s maritime boundaries in line with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) of 1982.
The President expressed his gratitude in Abuja following technical presentations by Professor Larry Awosika, a marine scientist and committee member, and Surveyor Aliyu Omar, Secretary of the HPPC.
The experts have been involved in this project since Nigeria’s initial submission to the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) in 2009.
They informed the President that the UN has approved Nigeria’s submission, granting the country sovereignty over additional square kilometres of maritime territory.
