The Secretary-General of MOWCA, Dr Paul Adalikwu, stated that recently while expressing condolences to the governments of Nigeria and the DRC over recent boat accidents in both countries.
Recall that on October 1, a boat carrying over 300 passengers in Gbajibo for a religious event capsized in the Mokwa Local Government Area of Niger State.
Similarly, in the DRC, at least 78 people drowned and many more remain missing after a boat carrying 278 passengers capsized on October 3, hundreds of meters from the shore of Lake Kivu.
Adalikwu extended the sympathies of the MOWCA to the affected West and Central African nations.
He described them as strategic partners in the organisation’s mission to promote safer and more cost-effective maritime transportation in the subregion.
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