Lagos State House of Assembly yesterday summoned the leadership of the Lagos State Waterways Authority (LSWA) over a boat mishap that occurred in Irewe, Ojo local government area of the state that led to the death of four school children on July 1.
The resolution followed a motion moved by a member, Lanre Ogunyemi Ojo II calling on his colleagues to rise up to the occasion as there has been an earlier incident of such tragedy.
Ogunyemi recalled that the 14- passenger boat capsized, even as he attributed it to an oncoming boat allegedly belonging to oil bunkerers which sped recklessly by thereby causing confusion.
He also alleged that the passengers failed to wear life jackets meant for safety on the waterways which resulted in the death of four children in the process.
While commiserating with the families of the deceased, the Chief Whip, Rotimi Abiru urged his colleagues to call on the Lagos State Waterways Authority (LSWA), the regulatory body saddled with the responsibility of monitoring activities of waterways in the state to live up to its responsibility.
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In his comment, the Majority Leader, Sanai Agunbiade said the latest tragedy has brought to limelight, the necessity for the House to take decisive step towards putting a stop to such disaster.
According to him, this particular incident has reinforced the need to use the defaulters as scapegoat, saying, “ By doing this, we would have sent a strong signal to the operators at the waterways.”(Leadership)
