The Sick Truth Of How Protesting NIMASA Cadets In Philippines Were Denied Access Into The Nigerian Embassy

By Eunice Fumilayo

The Batch 2 cadets under the National Seafarers Development Program (NSDP) have lamented being snubbed by the Nigerian Embassy in the Philippines.

It was gathered that officials of the Embassy denied them access to lodging their complain.

The NSDP Program is a brainchild of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) as an intervention program to train and ensure the supply of qualified seafarers from Nigeria.


The Batch 2 cadets had previously protested to the NIMASA authority about negligence and nonpayment of their allowances, which prevented them from renewing their housing rents, obtaining their visas, and paying other fees in August. There are around 117 cadets.


According to one of the protesters in the video, they are supposed to complete their course within four years but it is now running to 10 years as there have been several delays and arbitrary extensions of some of their examinations.


In the footage, they are prevented from entering the Nigerian Embassy by Philippine officials, who are seen stating that they had been told not to allow them.


However, according to a news release from the Nigerian embassy that was released on Thursday and a copy of which Daily Trend was able to obtain, the Cadets were protesting NIMASA and making their complaints and demands known.


It said that they behaved improperly and completely disregarded the nation.


The statement reads in part “The Embassy of Nigeria, Manila wishes to refer to allegations against the Embassy making the rounds through videos on social media posted by some disgruntled NIMASA cadets on the 5th of October, 2022, where they accused the Embassy of refusing them access to the building to protest their grievances against NIMASA.

“The Embassy wishes to inform you that the said cadets did not have any scheduled appointment with the Embassy on the sad date which is in defiance to the rules of Estate management in the Philippines.

“As such, the Estate/ Barangay reserves the right to prohibit persons from entering the premises without an appointment.

“Secondly, the cadets did not submit any formal notification of protest to the Philippine Authorities before they embarked on the protest. This explains why there were a lot of policemen present at the scene where the unruly cadets were disturbing the peace of the residents in the area and obstructing vehicular traffic.

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failed country, calling your citizens unprintable names because they are commoners children.