Amid the bedlam on the Niger Bridge are miscreants of all sorts preying on weary travellers, especially at night. Going back to memory, the need to build a Second Niger Bridge was on the drawing board for a long time. Despite all these promises and assurances, the Second Niger Bridge is merely in the making. From the foregoing, it is obvious that different administrations paid lip service to the Second Niger Bridge. But sadly enough, building something as crucial as a Second Niger Bridge is sacrificed on the altar of our unedifying politics.

Source: The Guardian December 22, 2021 15:57 UTC