The Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has assured that the temporary repair measures being taken on the collapsed Mowo junction bridge along Mokwa-Jebba road in Niger State will be soon completed.
He, however, blamed the collapse of the bridge on the forces of nature and climate change.
“These are some of the hazards that come with weather changes. All over the world we see them, mudslides, hurricanes, volcanos, windstorms, damaging public infrastructure, so Nigeria is not exempted.
“It will cause some discomfort for which we apologise to commuters, but it is an emergency and we are treating it as such,” he said.
Fashola speaking with journalists in Kaduna on Sunday, June 10.
The Minister explained that a team of engineers from the Ministry and other relevant agencies has been deployed to implement alternative measures around the collapsed bridge for motorists to start using the road within the next 72 hours.
He says the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), has also been mandated to manage the traffic on the Federal highway and divert traffic, especially heavy-duty trucks carrying fuel and food items from the north to the southern part of the country through the road.
The Mokwa-Jebba bridge once collapsed last year and was repaired promptly by the Federal Government.
However, the FRSC on Sunday morning alerted motorists over the collapse of the bridge after Mowo Junction due to heavy rainfall.
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Fashola Assures Temporary Repair of Collapsed Mokwa-Jebba Bridge
