The Senate on Wednesday, urged the Federal Government to immortalise the late Founder of DAAR Communications, Chief Raymond Dokpesi.
The resolutions were sequel to a Point of Order raised by Sen. Francis Alimikhena (PDP-Edo) at plenary.
Alimikhena while reading Dokpesi’s profile, said that he was born on Oct. 25, 1951 in Ibadan, Oyo.
“Late Dokpesi hailed from Agenebode in Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo,” he said.
The lawmaker further said that the late Dokpesi’s first business, Africa Ocean Lines, was the first indigenous shipping line in Africa and was established in the 1980s.
“Although the business did not last long, it contributed to the Nigerian Shipping Industry.
“It helped to formulate the Nigerian Shipping Act Decree 1986, which stated the sharing formula of 40:20:20 for cargo between developed and developing countries.
“In the early 1990s…
