Sharp disagreement erupted at the Senate public hearing on the proposed enactment of a law on maritime security between the Nigerian Navy and Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, over the weekend. The Senate had in a bid to strengthen maritime security, drafted a bill to repeal and amend the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Act of 2007, which when passed into law, would empower NIMASA to impose fines on maritime security offenders without taking them to court. During public hearing on the bill organized by the Senate Committee on Marine Transpo…