NIWA states commitment to safety in waterway

The Managing Director, National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Dr. George Moghalu, has said the agency is working hard to achieve accident free regime on water transportation in the country, saying the agency will pursue the goal with vigor under his watch as a process to create confidence among water transportation operators and users.
Moghalu said the move will obviously attract local and foreign investment into the water transportation.
Speaking after inspecting navigational buoys facilitated by the agency on Lagos waterways from Marina to Ikorodu on Tuesday, with an ongoing phase two from same Marina, navigating Iworo to Badagry, Dr Moghalu said the Lagos template, geared towards activating a national water transportation safety architecture, will further help in emergency rescue operations and provide distressed boats an anchor before help arrives, thus eliminating incidences of crafts drifting on mid waters.
Moghalu stated that the agency will not relent in its quest to installing accident free water transportation signature across the country.