He said that boat operations must not extend beyond 6:00 p.m.
The LP chieftain appealed to citizens to continue to be patient with the president.
He said, “That is not to say that it’s a tea party. I have said, that an incumbent, whether incompetent or competent, is not a pushover.”
The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) is seeking increased collaboration with state governments to enhance the safety and security of inland waterways transportation
Mr Oyebamiji noted that NIWA, while on routine water patrol, received a distress call about sand miners overtaken by rough tidal waves along the Calabar channel.
Adopting the motion, the House urged NIWA to begin enforcement and establish training centres nationwide to educate boat operators.
According to him, most of the accidents recorded on the waterways are with the wooden boats.
The Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) says five individuals have not been accounted for in the boat collision that occurred on Monday
The president thanked emergency workers and local divers who were working to find the remaining people.
He explained that NIWA was meeting with the boat operators to see how they could form an association to ease the phasing out of the wooden boats.
