Some fishermen and women in the Makoko area of\u00a0Lagos\u00a0on Wednesday have sought the state government intervention.<\/p>\n
At an event tagged, \u201cThe rights of Makoko fishermen and women,\u201d they said the sea dredging and land reclamation would take away their source of livelihoods and render them homeless.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe first is that the fishes aren\u2019t nearby anymore. Unless we go far, we won\u2019t see any fish to catch,\u201d said 72-year-old Isaac Dosugau.<\/p>\n
Mr Dosugau said that ever since the dredging around the Third Mainland bridge started, they have been hearing that they would be evicted from their homes.<\/p>\n
The \u201cdredging has caused holes in the river making the fishes hide there,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Mr Dosugau, who inherited the occupation from his father, said \u201cthey have spoken with the government but were yet to get a desirable response.\u201d<\/p>\n
Victoria Ayole, 62, said that she needs a boat and an engine that can withstand the wind.<\/p>\n
Mrs Ayole, who has over 30 years of experience fishing, said that whenever the wind is strong, their boat will capsize, making them lose their catch.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat we face is the wind of the river. We need you to help us with tools like boats, engines,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
An environmentalist, Nnimmo Bassey, said the government ought to intervene because \u201cthe fish, the crabs are what is feeding this city.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFish Net Alliance is a very good association\u2026 One of the easiest ways to get support is not to come as an individual but as a group,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, if you have Makoko Fish Net Alliance group\u2026so whether you need speedboats, nets, what you need, if you come together and request for that and work towards that collectively, you will certainly get it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":5,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[177],"tags":[2137],"region":[30],"source":[4596],"country":[2013],"state":[],"city":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icsf.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newss\/97793"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icsf.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newss"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icsf.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/newss"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icsf.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.icsf.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newss\/97793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97794,"href":"https:\/\/www.icsf.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newss\/97793\/revisions\/97794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icsf.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icsf.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icsf.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97793"},{"taxonomy":"region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icsf.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region?post=97793"},{"taxonomy":"source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icsf.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/source?post=97793"},{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icsf.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=97793"},{"taxonomy":"state","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icsf.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/state?post=97793"},{"taxonomy":"city","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icsf.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/city?post=97793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}