NEDC to reconstruct Wagga-Madigali bridge linking Adamawa, Borno

Mr. Alkali Goni, Director-General, North-East Development Commission (NEDC), says the commission will soon reconstruct Wagga-Madigali bridge linking Adamawa and Borno.

Goni stated this on Friday during the ongoing inspection of projects being executed by the commission in Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa.

He said that the bridge was about to collapse and, if allowed to collapse, would cut off the road liking the two states.

The D-G also expressed satisfaction with the quality of the ongoing and completed projects so far visited in Yola, Hong and Madagali LGAs.

Goni said the aim of the inspection was to ascertain and review the progress of work achieved so far.

Prof. Benson Baha, Provost, Adamawa College of Education (CEO), Hong, appreciated NEDC for the construction of access road to the college.

According to him, the college has been in existence for about 42 years and this is the first time it has access road.

Mr Mathew Maziga, a resident of Madagali, also appreciated NEDC for the various projects in the area, and appealed for urgent consideration of the Wagga-Madagali bridge.

According to him, the road is the major road in the area that linked Adamawa and Borno as well as other villages and farms.

He added that the bridge was washed out due to flooding and would cut off “any moment”.

NEWSVERGE, reports that some of the projects include Kuzum and Dilichum bridges, 2.5 kilometers access road to CEO Hong, Mega school in Song LGA and ongoing construction of 32 km Dabna-Garkida road.

Others are Solar-powered boreholes in Government Secondary School, Michika, the Accident and Emergency complex of Modibo Adama University Teaching Hospital (MAUTH), Yola, among others