Kogi Capsised Passenger Boat: NIWA Dispatches Rescue Team

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KOGI - The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has deployed an emergency rescue team to Search and Rescue (SAR)for missing passengers as a merchant boat capsised in the waters of Ebe community in Kupa South Local Government Area of Kogi State in the early hours of November 29, 2024.

Preliminary findings by NIWA indicate that the wooden boat was travelling to the Katcha market in Niger State when it suddenly went under due to poor visibility and overloading but here are no details of lives lost so far.

The wooden craft, operated by an unknown boat operator left with an unascertained number of passengers, from an abandoned jetty at 1.00 a.m, Friday morning with intent to beat NIWA’ s tight surveillance on the waterways.

To unravel the cause of the accident, NIWA has constituted an investigation panel to ascertain the real cause of the accident, the total number of passengers onboard, and the owner of the boat.

Meanwhile, the top management team of NIWA is leading and coordinating the rescue operations and ensuring survivors get adequate medical attention.

The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, NIWA, Mr Bola Oyebamiji said: "We are shocked by this incident despite all our efforts to sensitise Nigerians about safety measures on waterways.

"Not quite long, we unveiled the National Waterways Transportation Code, visited communities and stakeholders to make them have a buy in to our strategy to curb accidents on water.

"We also discussed with State governors to partner with us in providing safe water crafts to help move people and goods safely across our waterways and now sadly, this happened.

"NIWA will investigate this accident and will prosecute the boat captain and owner for deliberate disobedience to the Extant law on waterways," NIWA MD gave the assurance.

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