By Musa Tanimu Nasidi
The National Inland Waterways Authority has condoled with the families of the unfortunate boat mishap that occurred last Wednesday, 4th May, 2022 at about 11.00pm in Mai-Adua Local Government Area of Katsina State in which fifteen (15) persons lost their lives.
In a press statement signed by Jibril Dada’u,
General Manager Corporate Affairs on Friday and made available to THEANALYSTNG,the management extend her condolences to the Goverment and people of Katsina state Over this great lost.
The statement read in part;
“We wish to extend our heartfelt condolences to the families of the deceased. We are greatly pained that this mishap occurred, despite all the measures the Authority has put in place to forestall such mishaps. Only recently, the Authority distributed life jackets and some patrol vessels to all our Area Offices across the country, to enhance surveillance and monitoring of activities on the waterways.
The statement further appealed to passengers and boat drivers to obey the rules and guidelines regulating passenger transportation.
The statement called on passengers on the need to use of life jackets stressing that, no sailing at night, using of standard boats and avoid overloading the boats and other preventive measures most be strictly adhere to.
“As we condole with the government and people of Katsina State and in particular, the families of the deceased, we shall not relent on our efforts to curb these occurrences within our inland waterways”,the statement concluded.
