NEDC commissions repaired Adamawa bridge destroyed by Boko Haram

The North-East Development Commission (NEDC) has commissioned the reconstructed one of the three major bridges destroyed in Adamawa State by the Boko Haram terrorists, seven years after.

Work has reached 80 to 90 per cent completion stages on the other two bridges, The Nation reports.

Commissioning the completed bridge at Kudzum in Michika local government area, the Chief Executive Officer of NEDC, Mohammed Alkali, said his commission intervened with funding to move Federal Government’s efforts forward on the strategic access linkway in northern Adamawa.

The three bridges: the Kudzum bridge, the Dilichim bridge also within Michika LGA and the Wuro-Ngayandi bridge in Madagali LGA, which all lie on the 90km Mararaba-Mubi to Michika to Madagali road, connect Adamawa with neighbouring Borno State.

Since the Boko Haram terrorists bombed them in 2014, the Michika-Madagali axis was virtually cut off from the rest of Adamawa State.

Speaking at the commissioning of the Kudzum Bridge, Adamawa Deputy Governor, Chief Crowther Seth who represented Governor Ahmadu Fintiri and cut the tape to officially open the bridge for use, said Adamawa people in that part of the state would now be greatly relieved.

“We thank President Muhammadu Buhari and the North-East Development Commission for this remarkable intervention,” Seth said.

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