From: Lucky Akra, Lagos
The Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Jaji Sambo has commissioned three patrol boats and 32- seater ferry boats to enhance operational efficiency as well as encourage water transportation at the National Inland Waterways Authority Area Office in Port Harcourt.
This was contained in a press release by the Director, Press and Public Relations Officer to the Minister, Eric Ojiekwe.
The statement said the Minister who was the former Managing Director of the Agency disclosed that while he was at the helm of affairs there, he did not only maintain the amount of revenue set by his predecessors, but surpassed it.
“ When I came here, a lot of people were wondering if we are going to succeed. But I did not only sustain the level of revenue that was sustained by my predecessors, but I even surpassed them,” he said.
The Hon Minister commended the Managing Director NIWA, Dr. George Moghalu, for the giant strides attained and said his tenure has moved the Authority from level 5 to Level 9”.
He described inland water ways transportation as the cheapest and safest means of moving goods and persons.
Furthermore, the Minister observed that Nigeria is blessed in that regard as 28 States of the Federation can be accessed by water, hence the need to develop the sector.
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