Lagos: LASWA seizes 120 damaged life jackets during safety inspection

The Lagos State Waterways Authority, LASWA, has intensified information enforcement operations crossed large ferry terminals successful the state, confiscating 120 damaged beingness jackets from vessel operators during a compliance inspection exercise.

The operation, carried retired on Friday, was aimed astatine ensuring strict adherence to waterways information regulations and improving operational standards wrong the state’s h2o transport sector.

The inspection covered respective terminals and jetties, including Ipakodo, Bayeku, Ijede, Ebute-Ero, Liverpool, Sabokoji, Alex and Coconut.

According to the authority, the workout focused chiefly connected the seaworthiness of boats and compliance with beingness overgarment information requirements.

LASWA disclosed that 120 defective beingness jackets were recovered and instantly withdrawn from circulation to forestall imaginable risks to passengers and waterway users.

The authorization noted that portion a fig of operators complied with information regulations, immoderate vessels were recovered to necessitate repairs and improvements earlier they could beryllium considered afloat seaworthy.

It stressed that compliance with information standards, peculiarly regarding vas conditions and the usage of ...