Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, a former warlord in Biafra, has been requested as the name for the Second Niger Bridge by the leading Igbo sociocultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo.
In a statement released on Thursday and signed by its Secretary-General, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, Ohanaeze demanded that the project’s name be changed from Buhari Bridge to Odumegwu Bridge in honor of the region’s people and the South East.
According to the organization, Buhari’s failure to keep his 2015 election pledges, which included upgrading the Enugu coal mine, has won the Igbo people’s forgiveness.
Bashir Ahmad Reveals Who FG Named Second Niger Bridge After
According to Ohanaeze, the Second Niger Bridge’s completion will increase public confidence in the Buhari administration and encourage them to expect more from it.
The organisation however commended the Buhari administration for the completion of the project within four years.
The statement read in part, “We are conscious of the fact that there are about 3.3 km of uncompleted road from the Asaba axis and 7km of uncompleted road from the Anambra axis of the second Niger Bridge.
“We are hopeful that the contractors will expedite actions for the realisation of 10.3 km of roads from both axes of the roads to ensure that commuters and road users will enjoy the benefits of the Second Niger Bridge during the festival period of Christmas and New Year.
“This is a legacy project that Ndigbo will always refer to as the mother of all infrastructural facilities completed by Buhari’s government and should be renamed after Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Bridge instead of the proposed name, Buhari Bridge.
LATEST: Second Niger Bridge Completed – Fashola Announces
“Ndigbo are relieved of unbelievable treaties of previous governments on the Second Niger Bridge and also pardon President Buhari over his inability to fulfil other 2015 electoral promises, which included the revamping of the Enugu coal mine.
“The announcement of the completion of the Second Niger Bridge, including a 35km bypass road linking Anambra and Delta states through a concession under a public-private partnership scheme, has restored the confidence of Ndigbo that the project, which started on September 1, 2018, will be fully ready for inauguration by December 2022. Ndigbo is grateful for this feat and urges President Buhari to complete other projects in the southeast before May 2023.”
Follow us on Facebook
Post Disclaimer
The opinions, beliefs and viewpoints expressed by the author and forum participants on this website do not necessarily reflect the opinions, beliefs and viewpoints of Anaedo Online or official policies of the Anaedo Online.