 Part of the reasons why Lagos residents do not consider the use of water as the means of transportation is lack of swimming skills and water phobia. Head of operations of the Lagos State Waterways Authority Ibrahim Fama Yua believes these factors are negatively impacting the patronage. He assured that despite people's fears and reservations, ferry remains the most surfaced mode of transportation. The city of Lagos has navigable inland waterways which if fully harnessed would help minimize road traffic congestion, pollution and provide low costs of long-distance travel within the city. Here at the Five Curries terminal, the head of the precious Lagos State Waterways Authority, Ibrahim Fama Yua spoke on safety measures put in place to avoid stories that touch. We don't really have any high turbulence that might tip a boat over in terms of safety and the second thing is about the tides. So in and around Lagos State, I mean inland waterways, the range of the tides fall around plus or minus one meter. But to be on the safer side, the Lagos State Government under the leadership of Mr. Governor, Mr. Ushola Somulu has done a lot in channelizing the priority routes. Passengers shared their experiences using the ferry. The only reason why I choose a water transporter is very fast. Though at times the gallop is too much on the maybe it's because of the wave. It's a very sweet experience and it's the fastest means of transportation and it's safe. You have fresh breeze, not like the downfall, you have to start to shift the heat and everything. I'm going to satellite town now and I'm telling you now before 12, I'll be there. When we're going by road, it might be there till like two o'clock, you may have even gotten to my two. So I think water transport is one of the safest and easiest means of transport. For some time I've been missing appointments, I've not been able to meet up my classes as a swimming instructor. But ever since they introduced it and they make it very, very, very liable for us, it's good. Famo Yua rated the use of water as mode of transportation. He records its two in a developing stage as lots of people are dealing with waterphobia. Inland waterways is safe statistically. It has a low accident data compared to the other modes. Unfortunately, legoscients do not have the culture of swimming. So water is still kind of like a phobia. So I think it would be good for the entire public legoscients to embrace the idea of swimming. It will help them overcome the phobia. The improvement of water transport in legos has the potential to help address the serious road congestion and its associated problems such as a standard travel time, loss of man-hour and negative effects on the environment and human health. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.