NIWA woos banks, insurers for water transport development

The National Inland Waterways Authority, NIWA is wooing the banking and financial sector to key into efforts at development of water transport infrastructure.

Disclosing this to Vanguard in Lagos, Managing Director of NIWA, Maryam Chiroma, said the Authority is desirous improving the sector to attract Nigerian to water transportation.

Chiroma explained that NIWA has concluded plans to bring operators in the financial sector to meet with their counterpart in the water transport industry in August.

The event which is expected to hold in Lagos according to the NIWA boss will also

FG spends N49bn on water transport development

The Federal Government has spent over N49 billion in the development of water transportation in the country.

Managing Director of the National Inland Waterways Authority, NIWA, Maryam Ciroma, who disclosed this in Lagos also said that the Authority has concluded plans to hold an exhibition to further the development of the sector with the theme, “Moderning Inland Water Infrastructure and Vessels for Safe and Sustainable Inland Water Transportation in Nigeria.”

The NIWA boss said that

Why passengers are scared of water transportation

The National Inland Waterways Authority, NIWA, has said that passengers are scared of traveling by water because they are not sure of the condition of the boats and ferries plying the nation’s waterways.

Disclosing this in Lagos at a meeting with operators in the water transportation business in its office in Lagos, Muazu Sanbo, the Lagos Area Manager of NIWA, said that the Authority will soon put in place measures to ensure that all safety requirements are met by operators in the sector.

Among the measures to be put in place are