Colapse Enenurhie / Enhwe Bridge An SOS Call On Governor Oborevwori To Fix The Menance









By Wilson Macaulay

ln the cause and   process  of my routine assignment , across Delta  State as an lndependent 

Road Journal Corresspondent, of African Pride Newspaper Online  l  came across a failed section of the busy

Enenurhie / Enhwe Road and Bridge connecting the East -West Road leading to Ughelli in Delta State and traversing Bayelsa State to

Portharourt in Rivers State.


ln the light of my civic respondibility

as  a member of " the fourth estate of the realm " ,  the traditional  watch dog of our society as the saying goes, l felt morally compelled to bring this ugly situation to the attention of our State Governor, His Excellency, RT Hon Sheriff Oborevwori  to fix the mess at the bridge head of the Enenurhie/ Enhwe bridge which collapsed on Thursday,  November 2nd 2023 to mitigate the suffering of  the masses in that economic corridor from the menance of the fallen  bridge head and failed sections of the road.


Truth be told, as we speak, vehicular movement has been truncated as motorist can no longer access the East West road to go either to Ughelli or Porthacourt, an experience which has brought alot of  pain and hardship to the innocent people of Enenurhie and Enhwe when they least expected it.


l spoke with some of the people who were  trapped in the milieu  and they painted a gory picture of the situation thus:


Mr Keno Omofezi a motorist who was on his way from lgbide to Oleh enroute the Enenurhie / Enhwe Road lamented saying: " It is indeed painful  to think about  the situation we found ourselves . As you can see,  the damage is much , collosal and terrible. Kindly call on  our Góvernor to come and help us out of the dish we suddenly found ourselves.'


Continuing, Mr Keno Omofezi added:" This  Road and bridge is very dear to us because it connects

the whole of lsoko communities to

the Popular East - West Road, so we

cannot afford to stay without it

hence the compassionate appeal

for the Governor to hear our cry early and come to our rescue because  the situation apparently    need urgent attention without any sentimentality."


Mr Peter  Manson, Enenurhie President General   who was also trapped in the eye of the storm while  gazing  helplessly at the cut - off bridge head said: " This damage is beyond community effort, the Delta State Government under the leadership of Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori should graciously come to our aid to help us out ." he pleaded.



However , Mr Anthony  Okpiyalele, a passer - by suggested a short term action, saying that the State Government should  fix the damage bridge head while on a  long term  basis a new bridge longer  should be proposed and constructed later as a lasting solution to this problem.


African Pride Newspaper Online  findings indicate that, the reality on ground, based

on the laudable antecedents of  how the MORE Agenda is targetted

towards masses oriented Projects, we have plausible reasons to believe and assert that this "Compassionate Appeal of Save our Souls " (SOS ) message  sent to Governor Sheriff Oborevwori 

through this veritable platform will

strike the right cord in him to magnanimouslly   dispatch Hon Charles Aniagwu, the Hon Commissioner of Works Rural and Riverine Areas , to go  and upgrade the collapsed Enenurhie /Enhwe bridge head which serves the general interest of the lsoko people in particular and the public  interest  of all  Deltans across board.

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