NIWA inaugurates ‘Search and Rescue Centre’ in Lagos

Barely a month after activating navigational aids in Lagos,  Federal government regulatory agency on brown water economy, National Inland Waterways Authority, (NIWA) Tuesday, last week ramped up  more safety timelines for Lagos waters by setting up a Search and Rescue centre.

To ensure the centre is adequately manned to respond to emergencies, about seventeen staff of the marine department in the Lagos area office, were trained on how to activate, identify and direct safety ecology towards distressed crafts on water.

The NIWA Lagos Search and Rescue team, were also drilled on basic training on Radio Communication skills and how to use same to strategically network with crafts and other national emergency agencies as specified by International Maritime Organization (IMO) whenever a save our soul (SOS) Operational situation arises on water.

In a brief remark during the training outing for the Lagos safety team and inauguration of the S and R Center, Engineer Sarat Lara Braimah, Area Manager, NIWA Lagos, expressed deep appreciation to the  Managing Director of Niwa, Dr George Moghalu  for  approving and setting up the Search and Rescue  Center, barely few weeks after unveiling  navigational buoys to guide and roadmap safe water transportation in Lagos.

She also thumbed up the General Manager, Marine, NIWA Headquarters,  engineer, Joseph Ororo for encouragement and reiterated that by these enduring safety measures, Dr Moghalu  has challenged the Lagos area office of NIWA, to brace up for effective discharge of its mandate to stakeholders and Sundry users of the critical busy Lagos  waterways.

Engineer Braimah informed the team at Lagos Rescue Center, that to whom much is given, much is expected, and appealed that time has come for all hands to be deck as safety issues require deep interpretation, implemention and joint execution.