The attackers struck after the protesters gathered at the King’s axis of Benin City, the Edo State capital.

“We have been able to cut all the six expansion joints, we have removed the concrete, we have pulled out four, remaining two. This government didn’t wait for grand disaster before fixing the problems that cropped up on the runways of the international airports at Port-Harcourt and Enugu. So, the Lagos State government can go ahead to build its proposed Fourth Mainland bridge, in the firm assurance that the Third Mainland bridge is there to lend support for the common good. Speaking at the commencement of work, Fashola stated that the partial closure of the bridge was necessitated by the drive for the nation’s common good.
“Hopefully, we are still looking at October, that we will complete the work on the Oworonsoki-bound lane,” Popoola said. When a nation is so starved of development, while watching peers grow in leaps and bounds; when a nation is done in, not by forces of occupation, but by its own citizens; the outcome is a restlessness bordering on the irrational, if not maniacal. The announcement of the intention to build a fourth Mainland Bridge in Lagos, a new airport here and there, new super-highways and the like are what generate hope in the masses. The Federal Government on Wednesday announced a three-day total shutdown of the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos.

Understandably so. Over the past few years, the populace had observed the deterioration of the bridge, particularly at the joints holding sections of the bridge together. There are hardly any laurels for projects maintained and governments, even from the same party, hanker after new projects for which they can take credit. As the renowned Kenyan historian, late Professor Ali Mazrui put it in his 1980 lecture, Africa is the first continent to be inhabited by man, yet it is the last to become truly habitable.

The Oworonsoki-bound lane was marked for the first leg of three months, starting from July 24. The remediation of the Third Mainland bridge is coming out as promised, writes Emeka Nwankwo. Read More. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. The Third Mainland Bridge used to be the longest bridge in Africa. In addition, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and the Lagos State Traffic Management Agency (LASTMA) were mobilized to put special detachments on the construction area (600 men from the latter) to help minimize traffic chokes. Rather than go for a total blockade, he opted for a partial closure, taking one side of the road at a time.

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Furthermore, motorists were advised to use alternate routes like the Carter Bridge through Iddo, kicking in through Adekunle to head down to Oworonsoki. Under this scenario, the populace is in a catch-up frenzy – turbo-driven. Giving reasons for the closure, Popoola said the construction had reached a stage where there should not be any form of movement or vibration on the bridge for concrete casting.

WITHIN NIGERIA gathered that at about 5:30pm on Friday, protesters chanting “End SARS!” prevented free flow of traffic on one section of the bridge, leaving people who were returning from work stranded.

Keeping existing infrastructure requires maintenance, and perhaps that may be where Nigeria’s developmental challenge weighs most heavily. The Lagos-Ibadan expressway which has seen much more politics than remedial action, is currently undergoing a major makeover.

Popoola added that the second total closure of the section of the bridge between Adekunle and Adeniji Adele would be communicated to the general public at a later date. But he wouldn’t be convinced enough to upturn his paradox, not yet. This website uses cookies to improve your experience.

The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mr Olukayode Popoola, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday.

BREAKING: Hoodlums burn BRT terminal, buses in Lagos (VIDEO). These steel beams were cleaned of tar and granite and robot was deployed for controlled demolition to blow apart the damaged expansion joints without damaging the bridge’s mother slab. Federal Controller of Works in Lagos Olukayode Popoola said in a statement on Wednesday that the construction had reached a stage where there should not be any form of movement or … Again, unlike in the past, the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola (SAN) promised remedial action.

They have since replaced Europe and America as the sources of goods that signpost modern living. The bridge will be totally shut from midnight on Friday to midnight on Sunday to enable contractors carry out special repair works on the 11.8km platform.

This new thinking seems to find its greatest expression in the area of road infrastructure.

The same is the story of the Enugu-Port Harcourt and Enugu- Onitsha highways which have been in the news for the wrong reasons since the late 1990s.

Following this, a six-month remedial work schedule was slated by the works minister, starting from July 24 this year to January 24, 2021. UNIUYO Splits into Camps over Selection of New VC, Protesters Set Ondo APC Secretariat Ablaze, Attack Chairman’s House.

Today, there is hardly any major road artery in the nation that is not undergoing maintenance at one point or the other, including total makeovers in parts. The protesters who had earlier gathered at Panti and Adekunle Police Station are giving permissions of passage to
Nigeria has indeed become less habitable than it was in the decade of independence. Practically every week, after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meetings, the federal government announces appropriation for the maintenance of some roads, often across various geo-political areas of the country.