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Chay (f)
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I thought i share this warning by some concerned citizens of Nigeria
with other people who may not have heard or read about the following.
Please share this with your loved ones also.
Urgent action needed on Lagos 3rd Mainland Bridge
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
The Good Governance Forum is alarmed at recent press reports that the
Lagos Third Mainland Bridge may collapse anytime from now if urgent
repairs were not carried out by the authorities concerned.
Construction experts, according to press reports, have warned that the
bridge is a structure waiting to collapse. Specifically, the experts
said the bridge pavement surface had become uneven and that the pillars
or piers on which the bridge rests had shifted from their original
spots.
The uneven pavement and displacement of the piers, we are told, were
indications of more serious structural problems regarding the Lagos
Third Mainland Bridge.
We of the Good Governance Forum feel deeply disturbed by this
development and moreso, by the seeming unconcerned attitude of the
authorities and in this instance, we mean the Federal Government who
owns and runs the affected bridge.
We are raising this necessary alarm now in view of recent events in
Lagos where several houses have collapsed and several lives and
property, worth several billions of Naira have perished in the process.
Given this situation, the general anguish and agony that will naturally
attend such a possible collapse of the ever-busy 'national' bridge can
only be imagined than experienced.
We insist that the Federal authorities must move its engineers to the
bridge site with immediate effect and carry out the necessary repairs to
stave off any untoward calamity.
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