Posted on April 4, 2016
The Incorporated Trustees of Dredgers Association of Nigeria has instituted a contempt proceeding against the Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner for Water Front Infrastructure Development over an alleged disobedience of court orders barring the state from regulating their activities.
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos had in a judgment in 2014 in a suit filed by the Dredgers Association along with Boat Operators against the Lagos State Water Ways Authority held that the Lagos State Government and its relevant agencies had no power to regulate the activities of dredgers.
Joined in the suit as co-defendants are Lagos State Governor, Lagos Commission of Water Front Infrastructure Development, Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, National Inland Waterways Authority and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA.
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