Zungeru Dam: Boat Mishap kills 7 in Niger Community
From Mathew Jwantu,
Minna
Over 7 persons have been confirmed dead in a boat mishap at Zhigiri village in Shiroro Local Government of Niger state.
The spokesperson of Coalition of Shiroro Associations (COSA), Salis M. Saba Esq confired through a statement and made available to journalists in Minna, even as he decried the current challenges caused by the dam creation in the community.
Findings revealed that the incident occurred when the villagers were heading to Dnaweto; a neighboring village in the hinterland for a naming ceremony at about 4pm on Sunday evening.
It was revealed that a man Muazu Babangida lost his two wives and a son in the incident.
According to him, “Prior to the construction of Zungeru Dam, traveling between these two villages was by land and need not water transportation, as the terrain was majorly dry and motorable”.
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“This is one of the social upheaval occasioned by the construction of the dam. At the time of this report, one corpse is yet to be recovered from the water.
Salis Saba however called on HYPPADEC to as matter of urgency, respond to this devastating incident and provide safety measures to include life jackets among others to help our people adapt to their new way of life and to also prevent the future occurrence of this ugly incident as done by the commission to the Warra Community of Kebbi State in the recent boat mishap that occurred.
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