NIWA inaugurates search, rescue centre in Lagos
By Adaku Walter
Barely a month after activating navigational aids in Lagos, Federal government regulatory agency on brown water economy, National Inland waterways Authority, (Niwa) has 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 17 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 the International Maritime Organisation ( IMO) whenever a save our soul ( SOS) Operational situation arises on water.
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In a brief remark during the training outing for the Lagos safety team and inauguration of the S and R Center, the Area Manager, NIWA Lagos, Sarat Lara Braimah, expressed deep appreciation to the Managing Director of the agency, 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, Joseph Ororo for encouragement and reiterated that by these enduring safety measures, it has challenged the Lagos area office to brace up for effective discharge of its mandate to stakeholders and sundry users of the critical busy Lagos waterways.
Braimah further appealed to the team Lagos Rescue Center to put all hands to be deck as safety issues requires deep interpretation, implemention and joint execution.
