HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE VOWS TO TACKLE BOAT MISHAPS ON WATERWAYS 08-11-23
By Sadiq Aminu The House of Representatives Committee on Inland Waterways has said it will use legislation and oversight activities to address the root causes of boat mishaps in the country.
The Chairman of the committee Mr Ojema Ojotu, who gave the assurance at the inuagural meeting, said that there had been several reports of deaths resulting from boat mishaps in the country.
Mr Ojotu explained that the Committee is to oversight the Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy and its parastatals, the Inland Waterways,the National Inland Waterways Authority NIWA and the budgets.
A member of the committee Mr Martins Esin, observed that the responsibility placed on the committee is enormous due to the dwindling revenue generation of the NIWA as an agency.
He said being a foremost revenue government agency, revenue generation should be taken up by the committee in its meeting with the agency.