Photos: Death toll rises to 53 in Sokoto boat mishap
The Special Adviser to Governor Ahmed Aliyu on the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Alhaji Aminu Liman Bodinga, said personnel from NEMA, SEMA, the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), security agencies and the Nigerian Red Cross Society, alongside local divers, were involved in the search for missing passengers.
Goronyo Local Government, located along the Rima River, has several communities whose residents rely heavily on wooden boats to cross waterways, making strict enforcement of inland waterway safety regulations critical.
Emergency management authorities have repeatedly identified overloading, the use of rickety and non-standard boats, failure to provide life jackets and inadequate enforcement of safety regulations as major factors behind recurring boat disasters across Nigeria.
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