President Bola Tinubu has ordered the Federal Ministry of Works to repair the damaged bridge that connects the north and southern parts of the country, recently washed away by recent flood in Mokwa area of Niger state.
The Minister of state for works, Bello Goronyo stated this when he led a delegation from the ministry to Mokwa to sympathise with the people over the disaster.
Tinubu’s directive follows a flood disaster that had occurred in the area last week and claimed several lives, with others still missing.
Goronyo told the people that the president directed the ministry to provide an access road for vehicular movement and to do everything possible to restore the damaged bridge.
According to him, “The President gave a clear directive for me to come and commiserate with the government and people of Niger state over the ugly incident.
“In his directives, he said we should do everything possible to restore the access road for vehicular movement on the damaged bridge washed away by the flood.
“The president directed that we provide an access road for vehicular movement and create an access road due to the high volume of articulated vehicles carrying goods from the north to the south,” he said.
He said the ministry would continue to do more in areas of infrastructure in the country, particularly in Niger that that host a lot of Federal road networks due to its strategic location connecting North and South.
In his remarks, Mohammed Aliyu, the village head of Mokwa (Ndalila of Mokwa) disclosed that over 200 houses and four bridges collapsed with many people still missing.
He said the affected bridges included the rail bridge and the main bridge connecting the North and South.
Aliyu appealed to the government to resettle the affected persons.
On his part, the Deputy Governor of Niger state, Yakubu Garba, thanked President Tinubu for the condolence visit and expressed happiness over the show of concern from the federal government.
