Lives of Nigerians Are On the Line As This Bridge May Collapse in Any Second (PHOTO)

Tim
Anosike,
the
President
of Onitsha
Chamber
of
Commerce,
warned on
December 13, 2013, Friday that the Niger Bridge
might collapse sooner than envisaged by its
designers and engineers.
Dr. Anosike made this observation in Onitsha,
Anambra, saying that the bridge was being
overburdened by the daily traffic gridlocks and had
to carry tens of trucks with goods of thousands
tonnage each day.
He pointed out that the commencement of the
second Niger Bridge was overdue considering the
increase in vehicular movement on the bridge in the
past five years.
“This chamber will never cease crying to the
Federal Government until the construction of the
second Niger Bridge is achieved.
“Without this project, the entire life and economic
activities of the people in this part of our country
are hanging on the balance as the existing bridge
can collapse sooner than envisaged.
“We have thought that the critical nature of the
project is not something to toy with.
“But very sadly, it has become a strategic weapon
for political campaign in the hands of our politicians
since time immemorial,” Dr. Anosikesaid.
It would be recalled that the Federal Government
had awarded the construction of the bridge to Julius
Berger, but work is yet to start.
(NAN)