Omo, e don happen again o! Minister of Works, Dave Umahi don raise alarm say dem dey vandalize federal roads wey don cost plenty wahala for we country. Dis guy talk am for interview with Arise TV, say dem don catch vandals wey dey remove cat eyes and electrical safety gadgets from Third Mainland Bridge for Lagos, na im be second time dem catch dem.
Umahi talk say na CCTV wey dem install for di bridge help dem catch di suspects. E no dey sweet am at all, as e don happen just two weeks after dem catch another batch wey dey do di same thing. E kon yarn say these devices wey dem dey remove na anything wey fit help reduce pressure on di bridge, but mean while, di vandals dey sell am as scrap. Wetin dem no go do for money sef!
Di minister no stop there o, im come begin list all di big projects wey dey suffer for dis infrastructure thief matter. E mention Second Niger Bridge, Jebba bridges, and even di Mutala Mohammed Bridge, where vandals dey strip dem of expansion joints just to melt am for scrap metal. Na wetin we go fit do wey go make dem stop dis nonsense?
Umahi sen e no sweet am say e even extend to di Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano road, wey di criminals dey destroy New Jersey concrete barriers just to find small steel reinforcements. E ask dem say if dem fit put di energy dem dey use to commit crime into real work, dem go fit make choco! Nobody wan sabi wetin go come out of dis madness.
E give credit to President Bola Tinubu, say na im direct di deployment of CCTV surveillance for federal roads. Dis technology don make am easy for Lagos State Police to catch di vandals like video game no jara. Umahi warn say if dis destruction no stop, di government go dey waste money wey suppose go for new projects to dey repair di same roads again.
“If we no protect our infrastructure, we go dey spend money to repair wetin don dey broken, and that one no dey good for our society,” Umahi yan like person wey dey reason am well. E come dey call on every Nigerian make dem take ownership of public infrastructure and report dem suspicious activities to security agencies to help prevent more wahala wey dey come.
Dis matter no be joke at all, because di way e dey go, e fit turn our roads come something wey no go make sense again. Make we all hold hands, report wetin no dey right, and take care of wetin belong to us. No be say dem go dey thief for our front while we dey look!
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