 The Lagos State Waterways Authority, LASWA, has won that it won't hesitate to will the big stick against any boat operator who violates the rules and regulations guiding the waterways. The general manager of the state's waterways authority, Oluwa Adami Lola Immanuel, maintained that LASWA would remain committed to providing adequate support to improve boat services while training boat ferry crew. A correspondent love Iku Koyadaku reports. Water transportation is often described as cheap and forms a part of public transportation system in Lagos state. But as popular as this point of transportation seems, it is still considered by many as unsafe. This is the major reason for the convergence of stakeholders in the waterways transport system in Lagos. What this training is going to help do is going to even help prevent, you know, possible incidents on the waterways and of course equip the operators with the necessary skills and knowledge they should have of navigation on the inland waterways. So we're very, very excited about this. The waterways today in Nigeria, a case study of Lagos State, we could see that a lot of areas are having losses regarding safety and security, especially of passengers. However, the ultimate that should be for the boat operators is to be on the safety force of the passengers, secondly, is every other thing to be added. Members who operate in the transport sector of the Nigeria economy, they belong to the informal sector. And with the statistics available nationwide, over 60% of the economy is informal. Here in Lagos State, for example, almost 70% of the economy is informal. So we constitute this formality and if we are doing this to build capacity, to stimulate growth, we are in a way contributing to the economy, not just of the state but at the federal level as well. Oluwadamilola Immanuel is a general manager, Lagos State Waterways Authority, last one. He says the Lagos State government is living no stone unturned in ensuring safety on its waterways. As an authority, we will have a carotter who will never explain what a river carotter is. I will also have a steep approach. I will support you in every way I can as a regulator, but at the same time, if you break the rules and regulations of the waterways, I will not support you. Representatives of Inland Waterways and NIMASA take the trainees through the rules of the waterways. They must have an equipment on board that they are able to respond if there is fire on board that vessel. They also have an equipment on board we call an OAS. If they are moving and suddenly happen to their engine, their engine break down, the OAS is a wooden pad that they can use it to manually navigate the vessel until they get a rescue. Anybody they cut on water that is not due to license will face the full route of the law because it means that you are not fully equipped to do that job you are doing and you put other people's life at risk in that process. They attributed the cause of mishaps on waters to untrained boat operators who were unperturbed about safety measures coupled with poor search and risky measures. Love you Kukuku Yedugun. Plus, TV News. Don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.