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Inland Waterways: Lagos Issues 7-day Ultimatum To Boat Operators, Dredgers — Says, ‘Appeal Court Judgement Clear, Unambiguous, Victory For Fiscal Federalism’


The Lagos State Government on Tuesday issued a 7-day ultimatum to boat operators, dredgers and all stakeholders in the inland waterways sector to comply with all the applicable laws, rules and guidelines concerning their operations failure of which appropriate stiff sanctions would apply.
Addressing a press conference at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre, Alausa, on the recent Court of Appeal judgment which upheld the power of the Lagos State Government to control inland waterways within the State, the State Government declared readiness to aggressively enforce the relevant laws for the regulation of waterfront infrastructure development and all connected purposes, and urged all boat and dredging operators to be law abiding and fully comply with the resolve of the government to sanitize the sector for the overall benefit of the people.
Speaking at the briefing jointly addressed by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Steve Ayorinde; Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Adeniji Kazeem; Commissioner for Waterfront Infrastructure Development, Engr Ade Akinsanya; Managing Director of Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA); Ms Abisola Kamson; and Chief Executive Officer of Lagos State Ferry Services, Hon Paul Kalejaye, Kazeem said the State Government was very pleased with the judgment which he described as clear, unambiguous and a victory for resource control and fiscal federalism in Nigeria.
Managing Director, Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA), Engr.Abisola Kamson; Commissioner for Waterfront Infrastructure Development, Engr. Adebowale Akinsanya; Attorney General & Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Adeniji Kazeem; Commissioner for Information & Strategy, Mr. Steve Ayorinde and Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Media & Strategy, Mr. Idowu Ajanaku during a press briefing on the recent Court judgment on the Right of the Lagos State Government on its Inland Waterways, at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre, Alausa, Ikeja, on Tuesday
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