In all you do, safety should come first so that you will be healthy, alive and wholesome to continue another time. The owner of this boat went overboard. He threw caution to the wind and did something very inappropriate.

He carried 12 school pupils on his boat on the Lagos lagoon with the pupils not putting on life jackets.

The question now is: What could have been the faith of those kids if there had been a mishap? Even if he’s a fish and very good at swimming, he won't be able to save the life of 12 of them.

The management of National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) on a control inspection on Monday intervened and brought the boat owner to book. According to the agency, a boat carrying 12 pupils of the Government Secondary School, Tarkwa Bay from Osborne to Marina in Lagos was arrested on Thursday March 28, because none of the pupils had life jackets on. The agency further revealed that all the pupils were below 16 years old.

“The route is one of the busiest. Most shockingly, none of the children wore a life jacket on that open boat. A standard approved life jacket is an essential requirement for water transportation and its use is mandatory, for it is the only tool that helps to ensure the survival of lives in the unfortunate event of a boat mishap.

“What is more, nobody can rule out the possibility of a mishap occurring on any trip at any given time due to several factors that may be beyond human control. NIWA places a very high premium on the safety of lives on water. We had only recently toured all passenger jetties in Lagos on sensitization campaign on safety, with particular emphasis on the use of life jackets, among other requirements. We view this incident as a gross travesty of this campaign, which consequences could have been the avoidable loss of precious young Nigerian lives.

“Consequently, the operator and driver of the impounded boat would be charged to court under extant laws, so as to serve as a severe deterrence to other operators in the industry.

We have lost so many lives from boat mishaps that every necessary step must be taken to protect further loss of lives on our waterways.

“NIWA will not relent in its determination to monitor activities on the inland waterways with routine and control inspections. We will seek maximum lawful penalties for those who violate safety measures on the waterways.

“We wish to use this medium to solicit the support of all Nigerians and in particular, stakeholders in the water transportation sub-sector and the media to support the Authority in its campaign towards safety on our waterways.”


SOURCE: https://autojosh.com/niwa-arrests-boat-owner-pupil-life-jacket/

safety first, we do take things for granted

Dash am better fine, he say he stubborn abi..

Good Nigerians are waking up

Very stupid risk wearing no life jaket

Good move

Jail him

Commendable. I wish all other parastatals and agencies will continue this way instead of waiting for the damage to be done first.

Good job

That's good.

Fantastic news!

Is sentencing them to prison not too harsh? If there's no option of a fine, three months eating presidential baked beans (that apparently is what they call the watery beans served at Alagbon) should suffice

Or 2 years with an option of fine of N200,000

are the kids fools? are they zobies? why dem no ask 4 life jacket?

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Burn a deep hole in his pocket and watch him sin no more. That is the only language we understand in Lagos. We dont like to part with money hence fear Agencies with huge fines.

this is total wickedness from the man

Nice one from NIWA .




God bless Nigeria


God bless NIWA

GOD bless Lagos State Government

I'm very sure that those students must be a good swimmer also.

Good to hear

very bad.check my siggy for your chinese yuan

ozento:
are the kids fools? are they zobies? why dem no ask 4 life jacket?

Ehn ehn, so u think those kids knows the essence of the life jacket quite right and they won't ask for it?

ozento:
are the kids fools? are they zobies? why dem no ask 4 life jacket?

You are the fool here. What does kids know? Tell me. Even adults like you don’t know their rights, how will kids know what is right? You can’t give what you don’t have, young man.

grandstar:
Fantastic news!

Is sentencing them to prison not too harsh? If there's no option of a fine, three months eating presidential baked beans (that apparently is what they call the watery beans served at Alagbon) should suffice

Or 2 years with an option of fine of N200,000

That fine breeds corruption.

AutoJoshNG:

The question now is: What could have been the faith of those kids if there had been a mishap? Even if he’s a fish and very good at swimming, he won't be able to save the life of 12 of them.

FATE not FAITH

They should first of all burn that rickety coffin he calls a canoe, this iddiot deserves his time in jail..animal

Is Lagos still part of Nigeria

fuckerstard:
Dash am better fine, he say he stubborn abi..

better fine abi donate life jacket to them

Incompetence at its peak!

He can chose to die alone than put the lives of a dozen kids in danger.

Dem no dey gree learn. Never take risks when it comes to safety.

We need them here on Bonny island water