Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu “revealed the federal government and individuals of Nigeria’s commiseration” for the “twin disasters” of the farmers’ deaths and the neighboring floods.
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Over 40 individuals are feared to have actually passed away after a boat overwhelmed with guests sank on a river in northwestern Nigeria, authorities stated on Sunday.
A regional authorities stated that a wood boat bring 53 farmers capsized as it was transferring them throughout the river to reach their farmlands near to Gummi town on Saturday early morning. Regional authorities promptly mobilised homeowners for a rescue operation and 12 survivors were pulled from the water.
“Only 12 were saved the other day soon after the mishap,” stated Na’Allah Musa, a political administrator of the flood-hit Gummi district where the mishap occurred, including that authorities were looking for the bodies of the remainder of the guests, who are presumed to have actually passed away.
Musa included that the vessel was “packed with guests far beyond its capability which triggered it to reverse and sink”.
In a declaration on Sunday, Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu “revealed the federal government and individuals of Nigeria’s commiseration” for the “twin catastrophes” of the farmers’ deaths and the near