In his submissions, Dr Adu Agyekum highlighted the long standing relationship between MMCC Zone F, and GMES and Africa. He emphasised that this relationship has led to the conduct of various training activities for staff of MMCC Zone F in fields such as IUUF as well as Environmental Safety (Oil Spillage) Monitoring. This, he mentioned, was done through software tools developed by his team under the MarCNoWA Project, for which he envisages greater collaboration and cooperation with MMCC Zone F in the future.

On his part, Captain (Navy) Ehu, expressed the Centre’s appreciation to Dr Adu Agyekum for the visit. He further thanked Dr Adu Agyekum and his team at MarCNoWA for the continued collaboration and cooperation with MMCC Zone F, emphasizing the need for more of such collaborative activities for the mutual benefit of both entities, as well as enhanced maritime safety and security. Also present at the meeting was Lieutenant Commander Edem Komla Akati, Deputy Director MMCC Zone F.

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The SIREN Programme is an annual course organised under the auspices of CECLANT (French Navy) and comprises officers from various partner African navies and Yaoundé Architecture organizations onboard a French Navy Ship which sails from France to Gulf of Guinea coastal states, while conducting training serials for the participants as well as port calls (which include visits to various organizations and institutions at various stops).

For the 2025 edition of the SIREN Programme, the participants were borne on the French Navy Ship TONNERRE, which called in the port of Tema in Ghana from Sunday 28 September to Saturday 4 October 2025. During this period, the COMMANDER YUSSIF BENNING SIREN 2025 COURSE visited the MMCC Zone F at the Osu Castle, Accra, on Thursday 2 October 2025 to have the name of the Commander conferred on them as a posthumous honour of the late former Director.

Present at the Ceremony were the wife, Mrs Ruwaida Benning, and other relatives of the late Commander. Also present were Commodore Roger Bagoniah, representative of Ghana’s Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS); Captain (Cote d’Ivoire Navy) Noel Oboumou and Captain (Ghana Navy) Ebenezer Yirenkyi, former Directors of MMCC Zone F; Colonel Gregoire Madelin, the French Defence Attaché in Ghana and other staff from the French Embassy; the Captain and some crew from the French Navy Ship TONNERRE; administrators, instructors and participants of the SIREN 2025 Course, as well as staff of the MMCC Zone F.

In a speech read on behalf of the Director MMCC Zone F, glowing tribute was paid to the late Commander as the course participants were admonished to be inspired by the worthy attributes of the late Senior Officer whose name they now bear. Commodore Roger Bagoniah, speaking on behalf of Ghana’s CNS, expressed gratitude to the French Navy for the honour done the late Commander and also advised participants to be guided by the exemplary life of the late Commander Benning. The wife and family of the late Commander were also grateful go the MMCC Zone F and French Navy for honouring their husband, father and kinsman with the Ceremony.

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Deputy Director and Acting Operations Officer MMCC Zone F

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Participants were drawn from various organisations within the ECOWAS region spanning maritime sector governance and administration, defence and security, shipping and fishing sectors, academia and other stakeholder institutions. The Guest of Honour for the Seminar was the Danish Ambassador to Ghana, His Excellency Tom Norring. Also in attendance as a special delegate was, Honourable Dr Zenator Agyeman-Rawlings, the Member of Parliament for Korley-Klottey Constituency (the host constituency of the Centre). Additionally, the Directors of CRESMAO and MMCCs Zones E and G were in attendance as special delegates.

Presentations were delivered by distinguished speakers during the Seminar. Commander Philip Odoi Narh of the Ghana Navy delivered a presentation on ‘The Critical Connection between Maritime Domain Awareness to Enhanced Piracy Surveillance Capabilities from Coast to Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ)’. Admiral Boniface Konan, a former Director of CRESMAO, shed light on ‘The Current Operational and Coordination Challenges confronting Anti-Piracy Operations’. Mrs. Frances Mullen Ansah, a Chief State Attorney at the Ministry of Justice and Attorney General Department, delved into ‘The Complex Legal Responses to Piracy’, highlighting both limitations and possibilities. Naval Captain Solomon Adagogo Jaja of CRESMAO spoke on ‘The Potential Linkage between IUU Fishing and other Illegal Activities at Sea’. Mr. Richard Yeboah, a Deputy Director at the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development discussed ‘The Importance of Inter-Agency Cooperation for the Detection and Reporting of IUU Fishing Incidents’. Dr. Amadou Tall, a senior fisheries expert at the Directorate of Agriculture and Rural Development of the ECOWAS Commission, highlighted ‘The Significance of Policy Formulation to Protecting Fisheries Resources’. Additionally, Dr. Kwame Adu Agyekum from the University of Ghana presented on ‘The Utilization of Geospatial Tools for Monitoring Fishing Vessels as a Means to Curb IUU Fishing Activities’. Attached are images from the Seminar.

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