The Minister of Works David Umahi has urged the public to discountenance reports that the Third Mainland Bridge is shaking and defective. The reports are far from the truth , the minister assured Nigerians and other users of the safety of TMB in Lagos.
The minister made the assurance in a statement signed by his media aide Orji Uchenna Orji on Thursday, accusing naysayers of trying to destroy the good works of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Following the reports, according to Umahi, he dispatched a team from the ministry to inspect the bridge, which came back with a clean bill that the bridge is safe for use.
The TMB is ‘hale and hearty’ Umahi declared, saying all the major roads in the country have received the attention of the current administration, which is putting in more efforts to ensure that the roads in the country are motorable.
He said, “The rumour, for all intents and purposes, is nothing but an untactful falsehood by the fifth columnists whose mission is to undermine the confidence and solidarity reposed on the works sector of the Renewed Hope administration by Nigerians.
“The report is the same; that the bridge is hale and hearty, and its integrity is undoubtedly intact.
“The 3rd Mainland Bridge, including other iconic bridges in Lagos, has received priority intervention by Mr. President, knowing their vitality to the road communications and transportation ecosystem in Lagos and beyond. That is why the superstructure, the substructure, and other underwater elements of the 3rd Mainland Bridge are receiving profound repairs by the Renewed Hope administration.”
Checks indicate that the routine repair of the Third Mainland Bridge infrastructure has cost the Federal Government at least N15.6 billion in the last six years
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