In this piece, industry players and experts explain how to tackle the rising boat mishaps in the country’s waterways, ANOZIE EGOLE writes
With over 10,000km of navigable inland waterways comprising rivers, creeks, lagoons, lakes, and intra-coastal waters, coupled with aquatic life, Nigeria is richly blessed to attract foreign tourists and, thus, foreign direct investments.
Available facts show that River Niger is the longest river in West Africa and the 11th longest in the world. The river has its main tributary (which is River Benue), the Delta creeks as well as the lagoons bordering the coast from the principal navigable waterways in Nigeria.
It is also instructive that these…
