NIWA Partner Private Agency To Clean Up Inland Waterways, Target Job Creation, And Elimination Of Pollution
By Asuquo Nuwak
NIWA Partner Private Agency To Clean Up Inland Waterways, Target Job Creation, And Elimination Of Pollution
The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) and PARTS Central Ltd are partnering to clean up the country’s inland waterways, including identifying sources of indiscriminate accumulation of waste within the inland waterways and environs.
Official report from NIWA indicates that the partnership also involves the removal, recycling, and conversion of such waste into economic value.
According to the report, this initiative is expected to promote environmental sustainability and create employment opportunities for communities living along the waterways, which is in line with the comprehensive environmental reform programme introduced by Bola Oyebamiji, former Managing-Director of NIWA.
Significantly, in a joint statement by NIWA Lagos Area Manager, Engr. Sarat Braimah and Managing- Director, PARTS Central Ltd, Henry Olaoluwa Onifade said the Lagos unveiling is aimed at briefing stakeholders in Lagos on the benefits of the initiative and to seek their support and buy-in to ensure it succeeds.
A joint statement further said: ”Apart from improving inland waterways navigability by eliminating debris, pollution-related accumulations and obstructions, the nationwide initiative is also expected to enhance the conservation of aquatic biodiversity, some of which remain largely undocumented. It will also contribute significantly to the growth of Nigeria’s fisheries economy”.
The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, who has consistently emphasized the need to strategically harness the vast potentials of Nigeria’s inland waterways beyond transportation, has also positioned the vast potentials as key drivers of economic diversification under the blue economy framework.
Above all, this arrangement underscores NIWA’s commitment to innovation and sustainable development.
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