The Lagos State Government has set up a promo package to decongest roads and encourage more Lagosians to embrace water transport as a faster and reliable means.
The Managing Director of Lagos Ferry Services, Ladi Balogun, stated this on Friday at a press conference at the Five Cowries terminal, Falomo, Ikoyi.
He explained that the package titled, ‘Sailing and Smiling Raffle Promo’ was created to woo residents to embrace water transport by winning prizes as they purchase the state ferry service tickets.
He said, “We decided to use this promo as an incentive to attract more Lagosians to embrace a means of transport that is safe, fast, devoid of traffic and very reliable.”
Balogun also disclosed that in addition to this promo which is supported by Elivate9ja, Cosharis Group and Samsung, seven new boats had been added by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to ensure that the service take more people.
“These boats will be deployed in several routes within the state; we have the capacity to ferry more people.
“We are also promoting tourism through regular charter services and we recently ferried the Nigeria male soccer team, the Super Eagles to Benin Republic for their AFCON tournament,” he added.
