 The famous class medium endurance cutter USCGC Mohawk arrived in Lagos earlier for a scheduled port visit. While in Lagos, US and Nigerian navies would participate in engagements of the Western Naval Command and Naval Dockyard. Mohawk will also host ship tours and a dinner reception. The commanding officer aboard USCGC Mohawk Commodore Andrew Pate said maritime security remains critical to regional security and stability as the visit is an opportunity to collaborate on shared goals. As we come to partner with our Nigerian colleagues in combating piracy and working on interoperability here in Nigerian waters as well as in the Gulf of Guinea, we have been long-term partners with the Nigerian Navy and are so proud of that relationship and so proud of Nigerian Navy for the great work that they have done to reduce piracy in the last year down to no incidents this year and down 90% with their colleagues across the Gulf of Guinea. It is an incredible achievement and I think a mark of the increasing capacity here and we're grateful to be here. Naval security and open seas are absolutely critical to the global economy. 90% of the world's trade moves on our oceans and the ability to keep our oceans open and free to trade is essential to alleviating poverty around the world and to increasing our ability to work with one another. Our belief that security is everyone's responsibility and we're excited to be here in Lagos as the consular general mentioned will be conducting discussions, will be performing exercises, doing training and working alongside the Nigerian Navy. This is a collaborative effort. It is a deliberate effort. It is a planned work due to the leadership of the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awa Zubair Gombo, that has put in a task and a timeline and followed up with proper guidance, ensuring that we maintain close relationship with our foreign partners and this collaborative efforts of maintaining presence at sea with them always been around have been able to lead us to the state where we are. Going forward, such collaboration will continue and that is why you are seeing the more work here today. Next week, there's a ship coming from India. In October, another ship will be coming from the UK. So we continue to have this series of collaborative efforts of international partners working together with us to ensure the Nigerian energy in compacting this coach. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.