THE EVOLUTION OF WATER TRANSPORTATION IN LAGOS STATE

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THE EVOLUTION OF WATER TRANSPORTATION IN LAGOS STATE

PROPOSAL

Thiswork discusses the evolution of water transportation in lagos state. Lagos, the former political and current commercial capital of Nigeria, began to expand at a alarming pace during the oil boom of the 1970s. This coastal city of nearly 10 million people by the 2006 national census, now serves as the transportation hub for greater West Africa; with an annual growth rates in excess of 6%, Lagos will rank amongst the list of the world’s largest cities by 2025, with a projected population of almost 20 million people. Traffic situation in Lagos state is chaotic and socio-economically unfriendly due to problems in her Multi- modal transportation system. The paper appraises the evolution of water transportation in lagos state

Background of the study

The population of Lagos has grown over the years and the city is projected by the United Nations to become the third largest mega city in the world trailing closely behind Tokyo (Japan) and Bombay (India) (Guardian newspaper Oct. 16, 2000). Lagos records a population over nine million in the 2006 national census, (NPC, 2010). Transportation is the pivot around which the wheel of every modern economy revolves. The efficiency with which people, goods and services can move from one point to the other largely determines the quality of life of the society. Today, many mega cities of the world depend on more than one mode of transportation and Lagos will not be exceptional. Therefore, the need to exploit alternative means of transportation mode cannot be over-emphasized given the complex nature of the sector in the state. One of such other alternatives being exploited by the government with passion is water transportation. (Ogunbajo, 2011a)

An estimated 4 million injuries and 200,000 deaths are due to road traffic crashes occurring each year throughout Nigeria, contributing to Africa’s road injury mortality rate of 28.3 per 100,000 population – the highest among all geographic regions, and almost three times the rate in Europe. (Lagarde, 2007)

Traveling within Lagos takes double and sometime triples the normal travel time, adversely affecting economic development and the quality of life. Ironically, the construction of new roads and expansion of old ones by successive administrations in Lagos has never ameliorated the problem. Lagos state is endowed with international commerce and industry with infrastructure decadence. In Lagos state, traffic situation is chaotic and socio-economically unfriendly due to non-coordination of the multi-transportation modal system. Urgent research and development attention is required to arrest total collapse of the entire modal system. (Omotosho, 2007)

Duan et al (2010), discovered that inland waterway transportation plays an important role in China’s economic development and in recent years, state and local governments increased their investment in inland water transportation and inland shipping capacity grows continuously.

An attempt is made here to have an update on the above subject matter as published in 2011, at the Nigerian Society of Engineers National Engineering conference tagged “Canaan 2011” that the issue of safety ranks highest amongst other concern of waterways users in Lagos metropolitan area, while provision/licensing of more ferry service was generally advocated even amongst the operators (Ogunbajo, 2011b). The situation at hand now is that all the ferries are not in use, due to the shorter time of service that the boat offers and fewer numbers of passengers on board.

Lagos State through her agency Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) had distributed over 3,500 life jackets to boat operators to boost safety in water transport in the state over the years of existence in 2008. (LASWA, 2015a)

The private companies also assist in the bid to make waterways safer as it was reported that

2,400 life jackets were donated just donated in August, 2015 by Total Nigeria Ltd., Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Emo Exploration and Production Ltd. The items include 1, 800 jackets for children and 600 for adults. (LASWA, 2015b)

Boat operators in Lagos State who fail to provide life jacket to their passengers will be prosecuted as stated by the State Waterways Authority. (LASWA, 2015c)

The Lagos Metropolitan Transport Authority (LAMATA) is another agency that is to ensure an efficient and effective public transportation system that support poverty reduction, provide economic opportunities and promote viable communities in Lagos metropolitan. It has in recent times achieved some improvement in road transportation via the bus rapid transit system, but had not been able to connect the two modes seamlessly. (LAMATA 2010)

The State government has also put in place several projects to assist the waterways transportation systems, since the inauguration of LASWA act in 2008, amongst the developmental project are the Ijegun-Egba jetty, Ebute-Ojo ferry terminal, Badore ferry terminal, Mile-2 ferry terminal, Osborne ferry terminal and the Ikorodu ferry terminal. The jetties and terminals have several facilities such as Floor spaces, Car park, Bus park, Fuel Dump, Slip way, Retail outlets (Shops, banking Hall, restaurant etc.) and Disability Access, while the Ijegun and Ebute-Ojo jetties also have a water treatment plant in addition. (LASWA, 2015d)

The news of the recent report of a mishap to a boat from Oke Ira Nla in Ajah en-route to Bayeku in Ikorodu on Friday 25th of September 2015, the report has it that the boat has 20 passengers and 2 crews, all wearing life jacket; but late response could be responsible for the five (5) death after been rushed to the general hospital, but 17 rescued alive. Preliminary investigation reveals cut of steering cable and possibly over-speeding by the captain. (LASWA, 2015e)

Today, from one operation route in 2007, Lagos is running water transport on 12 routes.

RECOMMENDATIONS

The following are recommended for government and other relevant bodies that are responsible for water transportation.

(1) The government agency should enforce safety policies

(2) Organize periodic training for water crafts operators to ensure rules observance and licensing of operators to be dependent on continuous re-training

(3) Creation of navigable routes along canal path for inland waterway transportation.

(4) Creation of an information centre to serve as control towers for water craft operators onboard in case of breakdown and prompt accident response.

(5) Marking of routes in selected priority routes should be embarked upon to take care of workers on return for their work places

(6) Provision of government-public owned water crafts similar to the BRT system by LAMATA and support access to funds.

(7) Creation of continuous public awareness on the safety of waterways.

(8) Lagos State through her agency should re-activate the non-function boat building outfit in Epe area, to improve the technical capacity of boat construction and create more job by partnership with an establish company outside the country.

(9) The government agency should provide navigation compass to all operators with training and enforcement of its use.

(10) The government agency should control movement of craft at all jetties, to avoid travelling of boat while the weather is cloudy thus avoiding accidents.

CONCLUSION

The study revealed that water transportation can assist in the reduction of road congestion and thus increase the life span of the roads in Lagos metropolis by the provision of well-managed, supervised and coordinated waterways transportation systems if the concerns are addressed. The most important of these concerns is safety on board while travelling on the waterways and the adequate provision of modern water crafts (boats and ferries) for mass waterways transportation system.

Hence government and private investors should take into consideration the recommendation as to achieve a functional waterways transportation service in Lagos metropolis.

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