Four bodies have been recuperated from Friday's boat mishap in the Ojo area of Lagos.
The four bodies, part travelers on a W19 fiberglass boat conveying 16 travelers, were recuperated in the Mile 2 region on Saturday. The boat overturned on Friday night.
Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) General Manager Oluwadamilola Emmanuel affirmed the recuperation to the Nigerian News Agency (NAN) in Lagos on Sunday.
He said the state government had vowed to uphold security gauges and pursue unacceptable boat administrators.
The head supervisor communicated his sympathies to the groups of the casualties who lost their lives in ongoing drifting disasters in the state.
Mr. Emmanuel said that LASWA had executed many measures to diminish occurrences of boat accidents.
"Some portion of the safety efforts is the LASWA Search and Rescue Unit laid out to further develop crisis reaction.
"The Lagos state government is doing all that could be within reach to guarantee that the area is practical and safe.
"The public authority is prepared to seriously rebuff any administrator that imperils individuals' lives while working in the area.
"One of the boaters whose activities caused a sailing mishap a couple of years prior was as of late condemned to life in jail," Emmanuel said.
He expressed that with the immense capital resolved to water transport, the public authority wouldn't stand around lazily and permit unremarkableness.
The LASWA boss added that the organization had teamed up with Yamaha, makers of boat motors, to bring down boat costs and permit administrators to spend more cash on security gadgets.
Mr. Emmanuel cautioned travelers to constantly be security cognizant.
"The existence coat can save you. Purchase your own life coat if important. Review any life coats you are given and ensure there are no openings in them and furthermore keep away from night trips.
"Security mindfulness is an aggregate liability; in the event that you see anything surprising in the streams, say as much," Emmanuel said.
Nigerian Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) Area Manager Sarat Braimah additionally affirmed the recuperation of the four bodies found at Mile 2.
Ms. Braimah said that NIWA would deliver a transportation code itemizing the do's and don'ts of inland streams.
She said the code involves appropriate rules for sailing, offenses and punishments.
Ms. Braimah said the transportation code would give NIWA enough powers to authorize and hold onto gear when essential.
He affirmed that the utilization of inadequate boats was answerable for a portion of the setbacks recorded up to this point.
"To stop this scourge, endeavors have arrived at cutting edge stages to plan guidelines and direct the shipbuilding business.
"In the long haul, some boat classes will be gotten rid of; a specific class of boats would be endorsed and the classes of streams that the administrators could work on would be recorded," said Ms. Braimah.