NIWA seeks partnership with Presidential Amnesty Program to secure facilities in the Niger-Delta

Segun Oladipupo    |   

As part of efforts to enhance security on inland waterways, the Managing Director National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) Chief Dr. George Moghalu paid a courtesy visit to the Coordinator Presidential Amnesty Program Colonel Milland Dikio Dixon in his office in Abuja.

In a release signed by Jibril Darda’u General Manager, Corporate Affairs of NIWA, the MD was accompanied by his management team.

Moghalu said, “We are here to collaborate, synergize and look for areas of partnership with the Presidential Amnesty Program in order to provide adequate security on NIWA facilities in the Niger-Delta Area and to also  build confidence in stakeholders that our waterways is crime-free.”

He quipped, that the visit was part of his security strategies by engaging all the relevant security forces, such as the police and Navy to beef up the security on the waterways.

In his response, while thanking the MD for the visit, Colonel Dixon said, “I am very happy with your coming, the amnesty program is also willing to meet with NIWA to look at areas of partnership in order to provide and create jobs for the Niger-Delta youths.”

Earlier, the Managing Director NIWA congratulated Colonel Milland on his appointment by President Muhammadu Buhari as the Coordinator Presidential Amnesty Program and also described it as a well-deserved appointment considering his past records

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