From Lagos
The establishment of Ibile Oil and Gas Station at the Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA), headquarters, Lagos would enhance safety culture on Waterways.
The Managing Director of Authority, Mr Oluwadamilola Emmanuel, made the remarks during the launching of Ibile Oil and Gas, as well as Waterways Petrol Dump at the authority’s headquarters in Lagos on Tuesday.
He said that the event would also eradicate the habit of using kegs to fetch fuel into ferries and entrench the safety culture on Waterways.
He recalled that before the establishment of the facilities, operators usually carry kegs as a way of getting petrol and diesel on Waterways.
The managing director expressed optimism that with the establishment of Ibile oil and Gas Station would eradicate proliferation and the use of kegs to transport fuel in the boats.
He said: “The launching of Ibile Oil will instill safety culture and reduce water transport accidents while carrying petrol onboard their boats.
“Collaboration is very key, especially when we see the economy suffering from lack of resources and if we are able to pull resources together, we will achieve much more,” Emmanuel said.
He promised that such establishment would be expanded to Ikorodu, Ojo and other ferry stations in Lagos to ensure improvement of fuel infrastructure.
Contributing, Dami Ajayi, Head Downstream, Ibile Oil & Gas, said his company established the fuel station to support the waterways transportation Agenda of Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu in ensuring that ferry were easily fuel in the state.
“Our mission is to ensure that ferry are fuel safely, efficiently, have right qualities and have value for their money.
“Our collaboration with LASWA is to ensure the ferry operators promote the Ibile Oil and Gas among them.
“We intend to enhance safety for boat owners as well as passengers and they should have at the back of their minds that there is no carriage of jerrican while moving on waters,”he said.
Mr Tarzan Balogun, the National President of Association of Tourists Boat Operators and Water Transport of Nigeria (ATBOWTN), lauded the management of LASWA for collaborating with Ibile Oil and Gas, adding that the development would reduce stress of getting fuel while onboard.
Balogun recalled that it had been a tug of war for ATBOWTN members in getting fuel, especially during fuel scarcity.
He thanked the Governor, the Management of LASWA as well as Ibile Oil & Gas for the laudable initiative.
” We are begging the Ibile oil firm to always have fuel, to enable us reduce time of doing business and improve our efficiency.
“We are also appealing to the Ibile management to please make available in advance two stroke oil, which help in mixing fuel we put in the ferry,” Balogun urged.
Another ferry operator, President, Integrated Ferry Operators (IFO), Pastor Jide Daniel, assured that he would distribute the handbills to his members and compelled them to be patronising Ibile Oil and Gas to enhance their operation.
He urged the Management of LASWA to always ensure availability of fuel at the station in spite of fuel scarcity.
Daniel said that the launching would curb fire hazards being encountered while trying to get fuel with jerrican into the ferry.
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