My Task Is To Decongest The Ports, Roads-Dr. George Moghalu, MD NIWA..
By; Ben Ogbemudia
- “We are breaking this 42 years old jinx so that the private sector players will be confident to join”.
The Managing Director National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA),Dr. George Moghalu on Friday said his plan is to reduce pressure on Nigerian roads, decongest the ports, develop new cities and create fresh employment opportunities.
Dr. Moghalu in an interview with ThisNigeria said there was a scenario of impossibility in the Nigerian waterways which he claimed untrue – the inability to move cargoes from Lagos to Onitsha. “We are breaking this 42 years old jinx so that the private sector players will be confident to join”.
While expressing worries on the volume of contain cargoes being transported on the roads, Moghalu expressed sadness saying, “this is quite unacceptable”. He said, “Our roads are not built for these volumes of cargoes – why can’t we move our cargoes by water? We are focusing our attention on procurement and dredging and regular maintenance so that we can move cargoes from Lagos to Onitsha through our waterways.
“We are focused on generating legitimate income by using technology to optimise our potentials, organise a proper data of companies on our right of way and by the time we complete this, it has enormous potentials, enormous benefits – it will reduce the pressure on our roads, decongest our ports, develop new cities and create fresh employment for our sons and daughters”.
