The Commissioner for Information and Communication, Aka-Eze Aka, disclosed this in a statement in Enugu on Monday.
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Pressure from articulated vehicles and trucks have resulted in the collapse.
About a week after the collapse of the Olodo Bank Bridge due to flooding, the Oyo State government has opened an alternative route in the axis, appealing to road users not to hinder the flow of traffic on the new route.
Less than 48 hours after temporary closure of the busy Bida-Minna Road due to a collapsed bridge, the highway has been reopened after an emergency repair and rehabilitation by a team of engineers from the state ministry of works and construction company.
Fifteen communities have been completely cut off after a bridge linking them collapsed on Sunday in Dandume Local Government Area of Katsina State.
The National President of the National Association of Road Transport Owners, Mallam Kashim Ibrahim, said the 10 days ultimatum given to all tanker drivers to deliver petroleum products by the Petroleum Equalisation Fund to points of destination cannot be actualised.
The Officer in charge of the prison, Alhaji Abayomi Gbadamosi, disclosed this at Mandalla on Monday when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria on the effects of the collapse of the bridge