NIWA Threatens To Sanction Boat Drivers Without Lifejackets 

Following the incessant boat mishaps along Lagos waterways that have claimed lives of passengers, the Management of National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) says it will sanction any boat driver plying without lifejackets in the State.
Manager, NIWA, Lagos Area, Engineer Sarat Braimah,  disclosed this to  ewsmen shortly after the authority arrested a boat  driver with passengers plying without life vests.
He said, “the culprit will be dealt with as a deterrent to others who flout waterways rules and guidelines”.
Braimah said the driver was arrested alongside six passengers without life jackets along the Lagos waterways.
The authority said the impounded  boat and driver were moving at top speed with passengers without life vests before they got intercepted by a  team of NIWA officials on tour.
The NIWA boss said  the team had gone to Ibeshe Town to sympathise with the community over the recent death of 19 members of the community who drowned around Mile 2 area while travelling home to celebrate the Eid-El Kabir festivity with their loved ones.
Recall that two successive boat mishaps claimed the lives of 21 passengers  recently along the Lagos waterways, raising fears among waterways users about the level of safety measures being enforced by regulatory agencies.