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A check by
Daily Trust revealed that between 2006 and 2018, over 1,607 persons lost their lives in various boat accidents. Data sourced based on reported cases further showed that between April and September 2017, about 100 persons died in six boat accidents in Lagos, Kebbi and Niger states.
Just recently, over 80 persons died in a boat mishap in Kebbi. Majority of the dead were traders who travelled from their villages in Borgu, Niger to Wara market in Kebbi and were returning home when the boat carrying over 150 passengers, motorcycles, livestock, among others, capsized, reportedly from overloading.
To monitor inland waterway navigation and ensure it is safe, the federal government created the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA). However, the increasing mishaps under the watch of NIWA is beginning to raise concerns by operators in the maritime sectors and others
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HYDROELECTRIC Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPADEC) and National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) have resolved to clear trees and rocks that cause boat mishaps across the country. Representative of Kogi State in the Commission, Alhaji Isah Salami, disclosed this on Wednesday at Government House Lokoja, during a stakeholders’ town hall involving Bassa, Ibaji, Lokoja, Kogi/Koton-Karfe […]
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