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
