Name Oweto-Loko bridge after President Buhari

It is cheering news that the Oweto-Loko road that connects the South to the North Central will soon be officially opened for use. By the official commissioning, the journey hitherto  undertaken by motorists travelling from Abuja to the East through Lokoja will be cut by about three hours. People of Benue South Senatorial District travelling […]

It is cheering news that the Oweto-Loko road that connects the South to the North Central will soon be officially opened for use.

By the official commissioning, the journey hitherto  undertaken by motorists travelling from Abuja to the East through Lokoja will be cut by about three hours.

People of Benue South Senatorial District travelling from Abuja will no longer pass through Makurdi before getting to their destinations as the road terminates at Otukpo. Their travel time is cut by about two hours.

Our late sage, Pa Awolowo, knowing the importance of the bridge, campaigned with it in 1964.

After that nothing was heard about the bridge until PDP government awarded contract for the construction of the bridge but as usual, abandoned it.

For the enormous effort and focus of President Buhari who saw to the completion and commissioning of the bridge, I am appealing to relevant authorities to name the bridge after him.

It is better to reward a hard working person when he or she is alive than when he is dead.

 

Ogwuche Mathias, New Nyanya