Government of the Republic of Congo has it will campaign for Nigeria at the International Maritime Organisation's (IMO) elections coming up in November 2009.

Vice Minister for Transport of the country, Alexandre Bouyou, expressed Congo's support for Nigeria in her quest to retain her seat on the Category "C" of the Council of IMO, when Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Shippers' Council, Adamu Biu, led him and his entourage on a courtesy call on Nigeria's Minister of Transport, Ibrahim Isa Bio, in his office in Abuja.

Bouyou, who had come to also solicit the support of Nigeria for the candidacy of the Director-General of the Congolese Shippers' Council, Roch Houlamy, for the post of the Secretary General of the Union of African Shippers Council (UASC), said that apart from its support, Congo will campaign for Nigeria in the IMO elections.

Extolling the achievements of the Nigerian Transport Ministry for its activities in improving the standard in the transportation sector expressed hope that Nigeria will continue to support the Republic of Congo in her aspirations.

In his reply, Bio promised to support Congo's aspirations, adding that African countries need to embrace a unity such that two African countries should not be jostling for the same position.

He said that African countries ought to have an understanding such that one will not antagonise the other in elective positions, emphasising that such agreements will reduce conflicts in the region.

The elections into the IMO elections will take place in November in London while the UASC elections will take place in Libraville, Gabon, in June later in the year.