The boat mishap that
involved hundreds of passengers losing their lives has raised a serious concern
over the safety of our people that have been using this ancient type of boat
for a such long distance water journey over the years.
PRE-HISTORIC BOAT WITH NO MODERN FACILITIES
It baffles me a great
deal to find government investing on frivolities instead of things that will
create jobs and development for our people.
I can’t imagine why a
state government will spend so much on carnivals and even import some Brazilians’
prostitutes to come to show us their ass and naked bodies while their people
don’t have modern ferry boat for sea transport. You can only see this madness
in Nigeria!
Recent pictures of invited guests for carnival from Brazil
Read the story:
“Passengers
were Igbo traders returning to Gabon, others were from Cross River, Akwa Ibom,
Bayelsa, Rivers and Ondo states.
No
fewer than 168 passengers on board a wooden boat travelling to Gabon are feared
dead, throwing the water transportation industry in Cross River and Akwa Ibom
states into deep mourning.No fewer than 168 passengers on board a wooden boat
travelling to Gabon are feared dead, throwing the water transportation industry
in Cross River and Akwa Ibom states into deep mourning.
The
boat loaded in the early hours of Monday, March 18 at Oron Jetty beach in Akwa
Ibom State with 168 persons on board, including crew members. It was learnt
that the boat developed problems when it entered the international waters and
could not withstand the stormy waves.
majority
of the passengers were Igbo traders from the South-east who were returning to
Gabon while the rest were from Cross River, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Rivers and Ondo
states.
About
45 corpses had been recovered and deposited at the University of Calabar
Teaching Hospital (UCTH) mortuary while local divers from the two states were
said to be searching for the remaining bodies. “
Why
don’t our rulers have conscience and do
what is right at least for the first time. Must we react when things like these
happen. “One thing is clear he who defecates along the road when he comes back
the flies will greet him”
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