Lagos Inland Water Transport

The Lagos Inland Water Transport project, branded locally as "Omi Eko" (Lagos Water), sits at an early and uneven stage of development. The EU describes it as covering construction or upgrading of six priority routes and 25 terminals and jetties, with an explicit social inclusion component targeting women, the elderly, disabled persons, and children. No investment figure has been made public, and no disbursement or commitment records appear in the EU's IATI datastore. The EIB project database returns no matching entry. These are normally the most reliable signals of financial progress, and their absence means that, on the available evidence, no EU funds have yet been formally committed or drawn down. What independent Nigerian sources do confirm is that the project has generated genuine high-level political attention. Premium Times Nigeria reported in October 2025 that Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu formally partnered with the EU and the French development agency AFD to unveil plans for an electric ferry network. The following week, The Guardian Nigeria reported that Lagos State and AFD pledged an inclusive implementation framework for the Omi Eko project, suggesting that social inclusion commitments are at least being articulated at the political level.