At least 32 people died in Niger, northern Nigeria, after the boat sank in the river, told the BBC.
The boat was overloaded by transporting about 100 passengers, including women and children, while hitting a tree -flooded tree stump in the Niger River in the Boguji area on Tuesday morning.
They were on the way to a nearby village to express respect to the family of the dead recently.
Abdullah Baba Ara, a spokesman for the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in the state, said on Thursday that more than 50 others were rescued and eight were still missing.
Search tasks continue.
ARA said that the government had established a “Water Marshall” team to prevent boat operators from overloading ships and to wear lifesaving jackets.
“When the boat took off, the enemy would not work,” he added.
A local district officer told Reuters that he was in the field immediately after the accident.
“I was at the site until 12 pm yesterday. The boat has moved more than 100 people. We were able to recover 31 bodies from the river. The boat was recovered and removed,” said Routers.
Boat accidents are quite common in Nigeria, and are often overloaded, poor regulatory and safe safety prevention measures.
About 25 people were missing last month after a boat accident occurred in Sokoto.
In December last year, 54 bodies were recovered in the Niger River after the boat was captured by more than 200 passengers.
The government is mandatory that water travelers should always wear life -saving vests, but they are not often implemented.
In February, ADEGBOYEGA Oyetola, Minister of Maritime and Economics, founded the Special Committee on the Prevention of Boat Accidents in Nigeria, and in May, the ministry will distribute 42,000 lifesaving vests to 12 powers in this country.
At the end of this month, NIWA (National Inland Water Ways Authority) recently started a campaign called “Life Vest, No Travel” in Niger and KWARA, which recently occurred in the past.
Niger State is the largest Nigeria’s largest person by land mass, and people are often the fastest and cheapest means, so they tend to travel with water.
