The Court has again waded into the protracted face-off between the National Inland Waterways Authourity (NIWA) and some states over control of inland waterways.
In a statement issued in Lokoja, Kogi state by the General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Mr Jibril Darda’u, the latest intervention is form the Federal High Court sitting in the Port Harcourt, Rivers state, which has ruled that a state government has no authority to legislate on and enforce compliance of its legislation on the use of inland waters in Nigeria.
The Court presided over by Hon. Justice I.S Mark ordered that the use, management and control of inland waterways in Nigeria is the exclusive preserve of the Federal Government.
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The Justice affirmed that it is exclusively within the control of National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) by virtue of the constitution and the Act establishing NIWA by the National Assembly.
The judge gave the order in the Suit No: FHC/PH/CS/142/2022 between Bright Waters Energy Limited as plaintiff and the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, River State, the Commissioner of Environment, Rivers State and Petroleum Financial Corporate (PFC) as defendants.
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