By Daniel Tyokua
The Chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council, Christopher Maikalangu has promised to fix the collapsed Tunga – Madaki bridge on Nnamdi Azikwe Airport Road, Abuja.
He made the promise shortly after inspecting the collapsed bridge at the weekend.
A statement issued on Sunday by the chairman’s media aide, said Maikalangu gave the assurance when he led other senior officials of the council to the area to inspect the bridge.
The Council Chairman, who spoke with the Community leaders and youths during the inspection of the bridge, said the team embarked on the inspection to have a correct assessment of the work and also identify an alternative route pending when the reconstruction is completed.
Responding to some questions, Maikalangu described the bridge as an unfortunate incident, which needed quick intervention of the administration.
“The scores of commuters, business owners and farmers who are supposed to transport their farm products to the neighboring communities will be majorly affected by this collapsed bridge.
“Students can no longer cross the bridge to go to school. This bridge links most of the communities to Zuba, even the College of Education Zuba is not far from here and students of the institution can no longer access the road which made most of them stranded as a result of the collapsed bridge.
“The villagers told me here that Primary school pupils nearly lost their lives here during the raining season because of trying to gain access into their school.
”This is really a sad development. The road is the only link connecting Tungan Madaki Community to all other communities.
“We are grateful that no life was lost in the collapsed bridge. This is why I decided to inspect the damaged bridge and the Council will commence reconstruction of the bridge soon,” he said.
