The federal government has announced stricter measures to enhance safety across Nigeria’s waterways, including the mandatory use of life jackets and the phasing out of dilapidated wooden boats. The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Gboyega Oyetola, made this known during a stakeholders’ meeting on marine safety awareness held at the Governm...
The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) is set to scrap many unseaworthy boats following the agency’s investigation which revealed that 75 per cent of passenger boats being used in Lagos are unseaworthy. Speaking to maritime journalists today, the Lagos Area Manager of NIWA, Engineer Sarat Braimah revealed that NIWA has put in some cond...
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