The Nation Newspaper Umahi condemns destruction of 2nd Niger bridge superstructure
, has condemned the destruction of the expansion joints used to absorb thermal expansions on the recently commissioned 2nd Niger Bridge by unknown vandals.
While promising bounties for whistle blowers on the destroyers of the nation’s road infrastructure, going forward, the Minister assured that no effort would be spared to apprehend the perpetrators and their accomplices. “He expresses deep shock that reports of vandalization are still being recorded despite the presence of the private security outfit deployed by the Federal Ministry of Works to man the area.“The Honourable Minister condemns in the strongest terms this ruthless destruction of the expansion joints as a deliberate act of sabotage on a key national infrastructure that has immense socio-economic benefits to the contiguous States and indeed the entire Nation.
“He enjoins all road users, residents and authorities within the 1.6km concrete box girder bridge of the 2nd Niger Bridge, the two secondary bridges of 21.
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