Nigeria will sit as a member of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Council in 2026 for the first time since it left in 2011.
The country was elected by the IMO Assembly into Category C of the Council, joining 19 other nations, including South Africa, Egypt, and Singapore with “special interests in maritime transport or navigation and selected to ensure representation of all major geographic areas of the world,” according to the IMO website.
Nigeria is one of the only two West African countries to submit a candidacy for election
