The Nigerian Navy, yesterday, said it had recorded 50 per cent success rate in the ongoing charting and survey of Rivers Niger and Benue being undertaken by its hydrographic team.

The force’s hydrographer, Rear Admiral Chukwuemeka Okafor, who represented the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo, during a press briefing at Western Naval Command in Lagos, as part of activities to flag off the 2022 World Hydrography Day, disclosed that the navigational route in Nigeria had remained moribund for over six decades.

He expressed hope that the project would re-open the path. Okafor sad the newly inducted 60-metre offshore survey vessel, NNS LANA, had commenced inaugural systematic survey of Nigeria’s coastal and offshore waters, expected to improve knowledge of the country’s oceans for better management and sustainable use.