Dredging of River Niger completed— Official

The dredging of the River Niger was completed last year and its channels opened for use, Mr Tayo Fadile, General Manager, Corporate Services, National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), has said.
Fadile stated this on Wednesday in an interview with newsmen in Lokoja in Kogi state
It would recalled that the Federal Government awarded the N35 billion dredging contract to six contractors in 2009.

The dredging of the River Niger was completed last year and its channels opened for use, Mr Tayo Fadile, General Manager, Corporate Services, National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), has said.
Fadile stated this on Wednesday in an interview with newsmen in Lokoja in Kogi state
It would recalled that the Federal Government awarded the N35 billion dredging contract to six contractors in 2009.
The contracts, awarded in five slots, covered a distance of about 572 kilometres from Warri in Delta to Baro in Niger state and specifically running through major towns such as: Warri, Onitsha, Agenebode, Idah, Jamata and Baro.
Fadile said that arrangements had been completed for movement of goods and human traffic on the waterways.
He commended the federal government for the initiative, noting that when put to proper use, the channel would go a long way to boost water transportation in the country.