The Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, has said the First Niger Bridge will not be reopened to traffic until critical structural rehabilitation works on the facility are completed. Umahi spoke on Wednesday at the Onitsha Bridge Head shortly after inspecting the ongoing rehabilitation of the bridge linking Anambra and Delta states. The Federal Government had closed the bridge to traffic for emergency rehabilitation, following the discovery of vandalised structural components, including bolts, nuts and portions of the expansion-joint steelwork. The closure, initially scheduled to end on September 21, has…
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