Nigerian govt to install streetlights, camera on Niger Bridge to forestall theft of components

The Minister of Works, Engr Dave Umahi, has ordered the installation of closed-circuit television, CCTV, cameras connected the First Niger Bridge arsenic a mode to halt the theft of bolts, robust joints and different components of the bridge.

The curate gave the bid connected Thursday portion inspecting parts of the span wherever vandals removed bolts, enlargement joints and robust bars holding unneurotic the bridge.

Umahi besides inspected the Second Niger Bridge, whose basal had been eaten into by erosion, endangering motorists who thrust connected the bridge, oblivious of the hollow underneath.

While inspecting the First Niger Bridge, Umahi said: “We saw this vandalisation connected societal media. We privation to convey members of the nationalist for bringing this to our attention.

“The bolts holding this span person been vandalised and stolen, including the overhead alloy barroom which has been disconnected, and that is adjacent much dangerous.

“This volition beryllium precise hard to refix due to the fact that the span is nether tension, and arsenic I’m dragging it, it volition marque the members to yield.”

Umahi ordered the Controller of Works successful Anambra State, Engr. Timothy Emenike, to instrumentality the bolts to the market, procure the size and hole them astatine once.

He insisted that the Federal Government cannot physique bridges for the radical and vandals volition proceed to destruct them. He said henceforth, the full span volition beryllium fitted with cameras to guarantee ...