The Senate on Wednesday invited the Minister of Power,
Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, over recurring cases of bridges’
collapse in parts of the country.
The upper chamber specifically wanted Fashola to brief
its committee on Works on plans for reconstruction of all Bailey bridges In the
country.
This followed the adoption of a motion on “Recurring
collapse of Bailey bridges nationwide” sponsored by Senator Gilbert Nnaji (Enugu
East).
Following the adoption of the motion, the Senate mandated
its Committee on Works to undertake an inventory of all Bailey bridges
nationwide with particular attention to their years of construction and current
status.
It called on the Federal Roads Maintenance Authority
(FERMA) to urgently reconstruct the collapsed Bailey bridges across Ebenyi
River at Ikem in Isi-Uzo local government area of Enugu State as well as other
collapsed Bailey bridges across the country.
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