Director-General of the agency, George Moghalu, disclosed this while speaking with the newsmen in Ilorin on Sunday.
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Sarat Braimah, Lagos Area Manager, National Inland Waterways Authority, confirmed the incident in a statement on Saturday.
The NIWA, Lagos Area Manager, Sarat Braimah, made the disclosure in a statement issued in Lagos on Monday.
Oluwadamilola Emmanuel, General Manager of LASWA, said in a statement that the joint enforcement was undertaken to monitor the operations of barges and to forestall incidents caused by operators on the Lagos waterways.
The Managing Director of NIWA, George Moghalu, made this known when he appeared before the Senate Committee on Marine Transportation on Tuesday in Abuja.
The two AEDC employees are James Olayemi and Lameed Obadaki.
The Managing Director of the National Inland Waterways Authority, Dr. George Moghalu, confirmed this to newsmen in Lokoja on Wednesday.
The lingering dispute between Lagos State and the Federal Government over the control of waterways has come to a rest, with the signing of an agreement for cooperation by both parties on Monday.
The National Inland Waterways Authority has given a 14-day ultimatum to owners of sunken vessels and abandoned equipment within its maritime domain in Rivers to remove them or face sanctions.
The National Inland Waterways Authority has confirmed that 12 persons lost their lives in the recent boat mishap that occurred in Lafiagi, Edu Local Government area of Kwara State.
The Federal Government has restated its commitment towards ensuring that the Onitsha Inland Waterways and others across the country are viable and functional.
The National Inland Waterways Authority on Friday confirmed that 11 died in the boat mishap that occurred on River Bukuru in Benue State and not 18 as earlier reported by a section of the media.
Danladi Ibrahim, Acting Managing Director, National Inland Waterways Authority, NIWA, has commended the Federal Government’s effort to tackle insecurity challenges on Nigeria waterways.
Ibrahim, who disclosed this in an interview with newsmen in Abuja, said the Lokoja port was 75 per cent completed while Oguta port, in Imo, was 70 per cent completed.
Buratai, our correspondent learnt, had been invited by the Nigerian Army Properties Limited to commission an estate, Apple Island, inside Banana Island, when the residents mobilised against the inauguration
The Court, in a judgment in a suit with reference number FHC/L/CS/1098/07, filed by fishermen operating in Eti-Osa Local Government Area of the State, held that the National Inland Waterways Authority lacked the Constitutional power to regulate inland waterways within the State, and thereby declared all licences granted the plaintiffs as null and void.
In a statement issued by the Managing Director of Lagos State Waterways Authority, Engr. Abisola Kamson, the State Government attributed the unfortunate mishap to overloading of passengers on a Banana Boat and operation of illegal jetty
The State Government, following a judgment of the Court of Appeal, which upheld its powers to legislate on intra-inland waterways within the State, had called on operators in the sector, especially dredgers and boat operators, to comply with relevant laws governing their operations, failure of which sanction would apply
NIWA had claimed that the judgment of the Appellate Court retained its power to regulate all waterways, including international, intra-coastal and inter-state waterways
Amaechi made this known at the National Inland Waterways Authority’s 2nd International Conference and Exhibition 2017 on Tuesday in Lagos.