Kwara Lawmakers Call for National Waterways Authority Action to Prevent Boat Accidents

Date: 2024-10-09

According to Voice of Nigeria, the Kwara State House of Assembly has directed the Ministry of Works and Transport to collaborate with the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) to enhance regulation and enforcement of safety guidelines on water operations. This directive was issued following a Matter of General Public Importance brought forward by Hon. Ahmed Baba (APC/Banni/Gwaria/Adena), concerning the tragic boat accident on October 1 in Gwajibo, Kaiama Local Government Area.

The house members emphasized the need for the deployment of NIWA staff to all loading points on Nigerian waterways to ensure strict adherence to safety protocols and prevent future tragedies.

In a statement, the Speaker, Hon. Yakubu Danladi-Salihu, expressed his condolences to the people of Kaiama LGA, stressing the urgency of enforcing water transport regulations to safeguard lives. He added that proper regulation at loading points is crucial to ensuring the safety of waterway operations across the state.

The resolutions passed by the assembly call for increased collaboration between state and federal bodies, emphasizing the role of NIWA in enforcing precautionary measures and safety guidelines for water transport services.

“The State Emergency Management Agency should liaise with the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to provide the survivors and families of the victims with relief materials.

“This is to help cushion the effects of the disaster on the Gwajibo Mudi community,” he said.

The Speaker thereafter commended Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for his prompt response and for the shows of solidarity with the people of the area regarding the sad occurrence.

Leading the debate, Baba drew the attention of the House to the shocking news of a boat mishap on the waterways of Niger.

He said the wooden boat, with 285 persons on board and consisting 283 natives of Gwajibo Mudi, left the shores of the riverine community enroute the neighbouring Gwajibo community in Niger.

”They were on their way to attend the annual Maolud Nabbiy but but their capsized in the middle of River Niger at a location within the territory of Niger shortly before arriving its destination.

”This avoidable accident apparently happened as a result of overloading, as findings revealed that the wooden boat with a capacity for 200 passengers only was loaded with 285 on the ill-fated journey.

”At the conclusion of rescue operations, only 92 victims were rescued alive while 191 corpses of persons who are all indigenes of Gwajibo Mudi in Kaiama were recovered.

”The unfortunate incident had left many families and households in Gwajibo Mudi community devastated while the entire Kwara state are in a state of mourning.

”Boat mishaps seem to have become a regular occurrence on our waterways and this calls for serious attention,” Baba said.

The lawmaker added that it was obvious that the boat carried more passengers than its capacity while the passengers also ignored the necessary safety measures.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Abdulwaheed Musa     Fatai Garuba Labaka     Kwabes     VADA     Adamu Attah     KWASEIC     General Hospital, Ilorin     IPSAS     Shettima     Fatai Adeniyi Garba     Senate President     Gbenga Adebayo     Elerin Of Adanla     Kwara State Government     Rotimi Samuel Olujide     Taofeek Ibraheem     Al-Hikmah University     Bamikole Omishore     Pakata Development Association     Modibbo Kawu     Buari Edun     Kwara University Of Education     Arik     Michael Nzwekwe     Kehinde Boyede     Kwara Central     Oniye     Emir Of Shonga     Kwara Liberation Group     AbdulRazaq Jiddah     Salmon Babatunde Salmon     Sarkin Malamai     Olatunde Olukoya     Hikmah AbdulKareem     Sheikh Ariyibi     Alfa Modibbo Belgore     Musa Yeketi     ASUU     Onilu     Ronke Adeyemi     Femi Agbaje     Kabir Shagaya     Alloy Chukwuemeka     Binta Sulyman     KwaraLearn     Chief Of Staff     Salihu Yahaya     Ubandawaki     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara     Tuesday Assayomo     Sarakite     Roheemat Hammed     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Ayobola Ipinlaiye     Abdulbaqi Jimoh     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Abdulrasheed Akogun     CT Ayeni     REO CAKES     Eghe Igbinehin     Bola Olukoju     Muhammad-Mustapha Suleiman     Baba Isale     Undergraduate Bursary     Shonga Farm Project     Kayode Bankole     Ajibola Saliu Ajia     Mohammed Abdulahi     Abikan     Mohammed Alabi Lawal     New Naira Notes     Ahman Patigi     Danladi     Ado Bayero     Moremi High School     Damilola Yusuf    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Oke-Kura     Oju Ekun Sarumi     Offa Metropolitan Club     Tunji Olawuyi     Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi     Gambari     Mohammed Yahaya Barki     Wole Oke     Col. Taiwo     Bashirat Bola Bello     Ibrahim Abikan     SWAN     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Amusement Park     Umar Yakubu Jaja     Kwara NIPR     Bolaji Nagode     Isiaka Danmeromu     Trader Moni     Lanre Aremu     Adamu Atta     Ilorin East     Idowu Aremu     Wahab Agbaje     BIR     Ayo Adeyemi     Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu     Ajibola Saliu Ajia     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     Sai Kayi     Igbaja     Computer Based Test     Fola Consultant     Ramadan     Isa Aremu     Olaiya Victor Mobolaji     Ishola Balogun Fulani     Adam Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Oba Abdulrahim     Lithium Deposit     Arinola Lawal     Kuliyan Geri     Mohammed Saidu     Babata     Shonga Farm Project     Joseph Bamigboye     Arca Santa     Mohammed Haruna     Odo-Owa     Nnazua     Samuel Adaramola     National Association Of Nigerian Students     AbdulRaheem Ahmad Shayi     Islamiya Abdulraheem     Salihu S. Yaru     Baba-Isale     Hamid Bobboyi     Teachers Specific Allowance     Okala Baba     Okin Biscuits     Yomi Adeboye     Majlis For Sadaqah, Zakat And Waqf     Elections     Jelili Yusuf     Kunbi Titiloye     Nigeria Association Of Women Journalists     Isiaka Yusuf     Academic Staff Union Of Universities     Binta Sulyman     Abatemi-Usman     College Of Education     Aremu Odolaye     Maimunat Oloriegbe     Olushola Saraki     Okedare     Esinniobiwa Quareeb