Boat accident: Patigi LG boss appeals to FG on abandoned Kwara – Niger bridge

Date: 2023-06-23

Chairman, Transition Implementation Committee, Patigi Local Government of Kwara State, Mohammed Ibrahim Liman, has sent a passionate appeal to the Federal Government to come to the rescue of his people, who lost 107 people in a recent boat accident, by ensuring the construction of the abandoned Niger bridge linking Kwara and Niger states in the area.

In an exclusive interview with DAILY POST on Thursday, Mohammed, said the construction of the bridge would go a long way to save lives lost in water travels on the River Niger between the two states.

Recall that 107 passengers perished on Monday, June 12, Democracy Day in the local government, when a boat loaded with over 250 passengers capsized at about 3 a.m. on the River Niger while returning from a marriage ceremony.

Communities affected by the boat mishap included Kpada, Ebu and Dzakan, all in Patigi local government, while the others came from Kogi state, though 144 people survived the accident.

Reports said water leaked into the boat through a crack and eventually broke into two parts a few minutes after takeoff.

The TIC chairman said normalcy has returned to the affected communities because, “like in the case of an auto crash, people still have to travel by road after the crash, so the people have no alternative but to travel by water.”

He emphasized the urgent need to construct the Niger Bridge, on which a huge amount of funds had been sunk but no action taken over the years despite the movement of equipment to the site last year.

He disclosed that the project was awarded during the tenure of Ahman Bahago Patigi of the House of Representatives from Kwara North Senatorial District.

Mohammed blamed the persistent water travels of the people on their inability to access roads, particularly during the rainy season when they become impassable.

He lamented that there are no good road networks during the rainy season between Gboti, Ebu and Dzakan, hence, the only alternative for the people remains traveling by boat on the River Niger for their socioeconomic activities.

The TIC chairman said that as an interim measure, security has been put in place to enforce safety measures for passengers, while boat drivers now operate only between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. daily under strict monitoring.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Oke-opin     Musa Aibinu     Olatunde Oyeyiola     Timothy Akangbe     Tosin Saraki     Economic And Financial Crimes Commission     Aisha Ahman Pategi     Funmilayo Zubair     Kumbi Titiloye     Adamu B. Yaqubu     Bursary     Revenue Court     Temitope Ogunbanke     TESCOM 2025     Lanre Issa Onilu     Marufat Oladosu     Smart School     Olayinka Olaogun     Sheikh Ridhwanullah El-ilory     Mahe Abdulkadir     Dapo Teni Nig Enterprise     AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi     Madawaki     Tuesday Assayomo     Lukman Adeloyin     Olusin Of Ijara Isin     Makama Of Kaiama     Osuwa     Matthew Okedare     Aliyu Alhassan     Bolaji Abdullahi     Isapa     Kola Olota     Rafiu Ajakaye     Sardauna     Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq     Oluronke Adeyemi     Sadiq Umar     Abubakar Suleiman     Abdulrauf Aliyu     Kwara State Pension Board     Muhammed Mahe Abdulkadir     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Elections     Yahaya Jibril Usman     Ilorin Muslim Community     Salihu Yahaya     Abdulwaheed Musa     Oko     20 Billion Bond     Hassanat Bello     Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Marafan Shonga     ER-KANG Mining     IEDPU     Odogun Olushola Gabriel     Yusuf Badmus     Zainab Abass     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     Kamaldeen Kehinde     Mohammed Tunde-Jimoh     JAMB     Rafiu Olasile     Local Government     Gbajabiamila     National Information Technology Development Agency     Ayodele Shittu     Bilikisu Gambari     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     Quranic Recitation Competition     Igbaja     Oba Abdulraheem     A.E. Afolabi     Kemi Adeosun     Ayobola Ipinlaiye    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Isiaka Gold     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     Sai Kayi     Apaokagi     Agbarigidoma     Centre For Community Empowerment And Poverty Eradication     Monthly Sanitation Exercise     Principal Private Secretary     Noah Yusuf     Ilota     GANZY     07039448763     Ayobami Seriki     Oluronke Adeyemi     Mohammed Abduraheem     Ilorin East     Bello Oyebanji     Abdulmajeed Wahab     Abdulwahab Ololele     Ilesha Gwanara Road     Ilorin Descendants Progressive Union     KWSUED     Jimba Babatunde     Oye Tinuoye     Otunba Taiwo Joseph     Offa Grammer School     Patigi Regatta     Ganmo Power Sub-Station     Kolawole Bashirat     Salihu Alhaji Musa     Saheed Popoola     Iyeru Grammar School     Bolaji Nagode     Tayo Alao     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     Amuda Bembe     Abdulwahab Oba     Rotimi Oyedepo     Bamidele Adegoke Oladimeji     SDP     Curfew     Hussein Oloyede     Neo Mundo Ltd     Garba Ayodele Wahab     Gani Saadu     Kola Adesina     Kwara-SAPZ Project     Ayo Opadokun     Ilorin East/South Federal Constituency     Saka Keji     Igbomina     John Obuh     Mope Dasuki Belgore     Bolakale Saka     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     Amasa     Muhammad Mustapha Suleiman     Mohammed Tunde-Jimoh     Abdulfatai Salman Baakini     Hakeem Idris     Otoge     Olusegun Adeniyi     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library     Innocent Okoye     National Party Of Nigeria     Gambari     Hakeem Lawal     Shehu Alimi Foundation     Ibrahim Mashood     Shuaib Jawondo     Abdulmumini Jawondo     Christopher Odetunde     Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development     Umar Sanda Yusuf     Bola Ahmed Tinubu     Kwha.gov.ng     Bilikisu Gambari