Islamic cleric Jangebe urges FG, northern govs to tackle recurring boat accidents

An Islamic student successful Zamfara State, Sheikh Tukur Sani Jangebe, has called connected the Federal Government, bluish authorities governors, section authorities authorities and different stakeholders to supply safer boats for communities that beryllium connected waterways for transportation.

Jangebe made the telephone successful Gusau, the Zamfara State capital, portion reacting to the caller vessel mishap successful Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State, which reportedly claimed respective lives.

He described the recurring vessel accidents crossed bluish Nigeria arsenic alarming, saying akin incidents had occurred astir annually successful states including Sokoto, Kebbi, Niger, Yobe and Zamfara without capable preventive measures.

Jangebe, a erstwhile Zamfara State Commissioner for Religious Affairs, attributed the accidents to poverty, negligence, overloading, the usage of aged and unsafe boats, and anemic enforcement of waterway information regulations.

He said immoderate communities inactive trust connected aged canoes, portion boats designed to transportation astir 50 radical are sometimes overloaded with much than 100 passengers, alongside nutrient items and animals.

He warned that specified practices could effect successful vessel capsizing and wide casualties, peculiarly erstwhile vessels run connected rivers nether hard conditions.

The cleric urged governments to place communities that beryllium connected waterways for farming, sportfishing and tr...