NIWA pledges to make Nigeria's 10,000km waterways navigably safer Story from Rabi'atu, Lokoja Board of Directors, National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), says they will use the resources at their disposal to make the nation’s 10,000km-waterways navigable throughout the year. The Board Chairperson, Senator Binta Masi-Garba, disclosed this at the inaugural meeting of the board at NIWA headquarters in Lokoja, the Kogi state capital. READ ALSO: Functional inland waterways panacea to collapsing highways – NIWA MD Masi-Garba expressed regret that though Nigeria is richly blessed with more than 10,000km waterways, only 3,800km out of it...