The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Saturday, celebrated the successful usage of waterways by the residents without any records of accidents.
Sanwo-Olu, who disclosed this on his official twitter handle @jidesanwoolu, added that in the last 6 months that the waterways have been relaunched, Lagos state waterways authority, LASWA team has been working and the result is what is been celebrated today.
The governor also said the LASWA patrol team in collaboration with the Marine Police are always on standby, day and night monitoring all activities on the waterways ensuring the security of both lives and infrastructure.
He tweeted: “Today, we are celebrating a small but important milestone. In 6 months since we relaunched our bid to allow more residents to use our waterways, we have not had any accidents. Our safety regulations and water patrol teams are working and we are seeing the results.
“Besides the routine inspections of ferries plying the waterways & the removal of water hyacinths causing obstruction to smooth navigation, @TalktoLaswa also donated thousands of life jackets to operators and pupils in the riverine communities to promote the use of life jackets.
“LASWA has also donated thousands of life jackets to commercial boat operators and passengers in the riverine communities of Lagos to promote the use of life jackets and its safety awareness programme”, Emmanuel added.