Expdonaloaded News; Ohanaeze to Buhari: Don’t stop work on Second Niger Bridge

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari not to stop work on the second Niger Bridge but instead, ensure timely completion of the project.President of Anambra State chapter of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Elder Chris Eluemunor, made the call at the weekend, while fielding questions from reporters in Onitsha  on speculations that the project had been stalled.  He said the second Niger Bridge was of immense importance, not only to the people of the South South and the South East states, but the entire nation.


Eluemunor said: “Why would anybody stop the project? Any government that tries to stop the project is an enemy of Ndigbo. That project will help travelers coming from Abuja and Lagos as well as those going to Port Harcourt, Aba and other parts of the country to get to their destination easily. Let the project go on. After all, Obasanjo told us that the project had started but nothing happened. Now that somebody has launched the project for real, I don’t think it is wise to stop it.
“If the present government does not like the contract terms, let them review it but let the project go on.”
On the delayed appointment of ministers, Eluemunor wondered whether President Buhari was looking for angels to occupy the ministerial slots. However, he appealed to Nigerians to give the President time to choose his cabinet; so that he would not have any excuse if he failed.
He said Ohanaeze wished the president well and strongly hoped that he would execute all the promises he made to Nigerians during the campaigns.