FG threatens to block 2nd Niger Bridge


The Federal Government has lamented that the 2nd Niger Bridge may be blocked if miscreants continue to vandalise its metal components.

Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, Mr. Mahmuda Mamman, stated this on Sunday, when he visited the bridge to ascertain the level of vandalisation.

He called on security agencies to intensity surveillance on the Bridge to curtail the activities of the miscreants, who he said were after the mental components.

He said: “We are here to see the level of vandalisation of the 2nd Niger Bridge. It was an unfortunate situation that all of us woke up to the trending news of vandalisation of some metal components on the bridge.

“This is a massive investment put up by the Federal Government to ease movement of goods and services to Nigeria. To me, free movement is a basic human right and all of us must take collective responsibility to safeguard it.

“We have interfaced with the contractor handling the project, Julius Berger, and it is really unfortunate. The Federal Government has actually done what it is supposed to do.

“We have written to security agencies concerned, asking them to intensify surveillance activities along the road so that such things will not happen.

“At the same time, host communities have a responsibility to play because safeguarding national asserts is not a responsibility of one man; it is a collective responsibility.

“What the miscreants are actually after are the metal components on the bridge; anything metal, the miscreants are after it.

“And at the end of the day, if care is not taken, the entire bridge will become unmotorable.

“That is why it is good for us as stakeholders to make sure we safeguard this infrastructure in the interest of public good and the nation.”

On the delay in the completion of the project, he said: “We have interfaced with the contractor and he said the major challenge is security concerns.

“With the recent development, we are hoping that all things being equal, that is the commitment he gave us, in the next three weeks everything about the 2nd Niger Bridge will be completed.

“The bridge is still under maintenance by the construction company that built it and before the handing over, l am sure that most of the things that were vandalised are going to be replaced.

raskymonojendor:
They should please block it. It will prevent the parasites from the red mud region crossing over.

walefresh3:
Later on now one stupid will be lieing to his zombies how nnewi people are rich not knowing 99% of them are cri........ Mi....... I don't want to finish it....

Sapa hungry people coming online to claim billionaires...
Hahahahahahah

MEEVEET:

Nnewi man took your mother away from your father abi?

The engineers failed in the design of this projects for designing components that can easily be stolen

BoldBrainz:
I was part of the Federal Government team that liaised with CCECC during the construction of the new bridge connecting Ikom in Cross River State to Cameroon through the Ekok/Mfum access corridor. While that project had attained 90percent completion, we returned to the project site one morning to realise that metal guard rails spanning about a kilometre and half in length had been loosened and made away with. Of course at that point, the company was obligated to replace them, having not handed over the finished project to the client yet, being the FG.

However, independent investigations on our part later revealed that the said guard rails were removed by components of the Chinese company, probably because they had thought since it was a tripartite project between the AFDB, the Cameroon and Nigerian governments, replacement of those rails was going to be shouldered by the funding body, being the AfDB in this case.

This is not to suggest or insinuate anything. Just putting the message out here, to leave room for imaginative possibilities.

plaindealer:


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I don't believe your trash, your people's default is always to absolve igbo people and redirect the blame elsewhere.

Your disclaimer doesn't wash away your deception, we know what you implied, that the vandals in Anambra could be Julius Berger, the contractor and not igbo thieves and vandals.

Sad.

plaindealer:


So, the engineers are responsible and they basically turned people into thieves and vandals because of the way the bridge was designed.

Stop blaming your criminal and antisocial behavior on other people, a thief is a thief and vandalism is vandalsim regardless of the design.

beerfraud:
This is the one of the reason why Buhari did not let railway track pass through south east
Those people can steal anything

MEEVEET:

As an engineer we are trained to put realities into our designs . .. Behavior of idiots is considered

And mind u Vandalization is worse in your region

Biodun556:
This is terrible. Why this people like this?

If government failed to act we complain, if they do something reasonable, we destroy

MEEVEET:

As an engineer we are trained to put realities into our designs . .. Behavior of idiots is considered

And mind u Vandalization is worse in your region

plaindealer:



Even in Lagos, na ya criminal element brothers dey vandalize rail tracks, all over the country, na you and your brothers so the joke is on you..

plaindealer:



Even in Lagos, na ya criminal element brothers dey vandalize rail tracks, all over the country, na you and your brothers so the joke is on you..

plaindealer:



Even in Lagos, na ya criminal element brothers dey vandalize rail tracks, all over the country, na you and your brothers so the joke is on you..

Bestmanfornow:

Just to smear Igbos you went to pick unreliable source, propaganda like you, this is from daily independent, we know north are the ones doing scrab business all over the country, here in Anambra they're the ones, because it happened in the region you hate so much you now push it to Igbos

plaindealer:



So, northerners are the ones vandalizing the bridge in your Anambra village?

.. but why are your village brothers vandalizing rail tracks in Lagos and Ibadan?

The difference between me and you tribal bigots is the fact that I have no sympathy for any Yoruba vandal and criminal elements and I'll never defend or protect them or even come up with dumb excuses and silly rubbish like other people are doing it too?

You people just can not accept responsibility for your horrible actions, you always come up with dumb defense.

This is the reason why you are sit at home slaves and why you and your leaders can not raise your weak voice against your ipob terrorists....but when it's outside you're region, you quickly sharp mouth..

This is why we don't take you people seriously, you are all self destructive criminal elements.

plaindealer:



So, northerners are the ones vandalizing the bridge in your Anambra village?

.. but why are your village brothers vandalizing rail tracks in Lagos and Ibadan?

The difference between me and you tribal bigots is the fact that I have no sympathy for any Yoruba vandal and criminal elements and I'll never defend or protect them or even come up with dumb excuses and silly rubbish like other people are doing it too?

You people just can not accept responsibility for your horrible actions, you always come up with dumb defense.

This is the reason why you are sit at home slaves and why you and your leaders can not raise your weak voice against your ipob terrorists....but when it's outside you're region, you quickly sharp mouth..

This is why we don't take you people seriously, you are all self destructive criminal elements.

plaindealer:



So, northerners are the ones vandalizing the bridge in your Anambra village?

.. but why are your village brothers vandalizing rail tracks in Lagos and Ibadan?

The difference between me and you tribal bigots is the fact that I have no sympathy for any Yoruba vandal and criminal elements and I'll never defend or protect them or even come up with dumb excuses and silly rubbish like other people are doing it too?

You people just can not accept responsibility for your horrible actions, you always come up with dumb defense.

This is the reason why you are sit at home slaves and why you and your leaders can not raise your weak voice against your ipob terrorists....but when it's outside you're region, you quickly sharp mouth..

This is why we don't take you people seriously, you are all self destructive criminal elements.

Bestmanfornow:

See number one tribal bigot on Nairaland
Your brothers and northerners are the ones vandalising public properties in your region, stop tagging Igbos, go through the list

beerfraud:
Comrade you know them very well

plaindealer:



Even in Lagos, na ya criminal element brothers dey vandalize rail tracks, all over the country, na you and your brothers so the joke is on you..