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S’Court affirms FG’s exclusive control of nation’s inland waterways

Supreme Court

BY ANDREW OROLUA The Supreme Court said on Friday that the control of activities on the nation’s inland waterways, including levying and licensing operators in the sector are exclusive functions and duties of the Federal Government. The apex court stated this in a judgment obtained by our correspondent on Sunday on an appeal marked SC/CV/17/2018, […]

Caution your legislators, NIWA advises Lagos State Government

Dr. George Moghalu

National Inland Waterways Authority ( NIWA) has called on the Lagos State Government(LSG) to caution leadership of State House of Assembly in shunning current posturing, and therein urging, is a clear breach of peaceful resolution between NIWA and Lagos State government over clash of interest on dredging and sundry waterway matters. This was contained in […]

Waterways: Stakeholders want better utilisation of sector

Stakeholders

Given the huge, but not fully tapped potential in the Nigerian abundant waterways across the country, concerned stakeholders have called for their optimal utilization so as to impact more positively on the economy. In fact, while it has been established that 28 out of the 36 states of the federation can be accessed through waters, […]