Peter Obi mourns Jigawa canoe tragedy, demands end to ‘systemic failures’

Presidential campaigner of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Mr Peter Obi, has expressed grief implicit the canoe mishap successful Jigawa State that reportedly claimed the lives of astatine slightest 40 women and children.

9bi besides urged President Bola Tinubu’s medication to tackle the systemic failures down recurring h2o transport disasters.

Obi, successful a station connected his X grip connected Monday, described the incidental successful the Malamawa community, Ringim Local Government Area, arsenic a monumental calamity for Jigawa State and the nation.

He lamented that the victims, mostly women and children, represented the backbone of families and the anticipation of the country’s future.

“I americium profoundly saddened by the tragic quality emerging from the Malamawa assemblage successful Ringim Local Government Area of Jigawa State, wherever astatine slightest 40 women and children are feared dormant pursuing a devastating canoe mishap,” Obi wrote.

“My bosom goes retired to the grieving families who are enduring this unimaginable pain. I commune that the Almighty grants them the spot to carnivore this irreplaceable loss,” helium said.

The erstwhile Anambra State politician besides called for urgent enactment to forestall akin tragedies, stressing that the state indispensable face the underlying causes of specified recurring incidents.

“As we mourn, fto america besides code the systemic failures that lend to these recurring disasters,” Obi added.