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Faulty Engines, Tree Logs Claim 350 Lives in Boat Mishaps

July 10, 2021
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Lagos boat mishap
Lagos boat mishap

Last year saw, at least, 350 Nigerians die in boat mishaps, no thanks to overloading and preponderance of tree logs on waterways, among other human factors.

Joseph Ityav, Chairman of the Governing Council of the Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC), disclosed this on Saturday.

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He said this in Borgu, Niger State, during the cutting of tree logs and removal of huge debris on Kainji and Shiroro Lakes, a project being executed in partnership with the National Inland Waterways Corporation.

Ityav blamed most of the mishaps on poor conditions of boats, overloading, unavailability of life jackets and preponderance of tree logs on waterways.
He said that the cutting of the tree logs and removal of debris would reduce boat mishaps and hardships faced by riverine communities.

Alhaji Abubakar Yelwa, Managing Director of HYPPADEC, said the Commission would address ecological and environmental issues and loss of lives resulting from construction of Kainji and Shiroro Dams.
Kainji Dam was constructed on River Niger in 1964 at a cost of 209 million dollars and was inaugurated in 1968.

Shiroro Dam was constructed also on the River Niger, in Kaduna State, southwest of Abuja in 1983.

Yelwa commended President Muhammadu Buhari and the National assembly for signing the Act setting up HYPPADEC, which began operations in 2020 to address challenges of impacted communities.

Sen. Abdullahi Sabi, Senate Deputy Chief Whip, said at the ceremony that HYPPADEC’s projects would help to address challenges faced by communities in the hydro-power generating areas.

Sen. Sabi, who represented Sen. Gabriel Suswan, Chairman, Senate Committee on Power, said that the National Assembly would continue to support HYPPADEC to achieve its objectives.

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