Why I Donated N10m To Rebuild Orierie Bridge – Odey

Senator Stephen Odey has explained wherefore helium donated ₦10 cardinal for the reconstruction of Orierie Bridge successful Uchu-Yache, Yala section authorities country of Cross River State.

Odey gave the mentation portion answering questions connected the contented from LEADERSHIP successful Calabar yesterday.

Odey, an acquisition commissioner successful the medication of Governor Bassey Otu, said the span would assistance schoolhouse children instrumentality to schoolhouse aft they had remained astatine location due to the fact that the span collapsed.

“The span collapsed owed to dense rainfall and flooding, leaving residents and commuters successful distress”.Odey stated.

The Orierie Bridge was a captious nexus betwixt Uchu-Yache and surrounding communities, facilitating entree to indispensable services similar schools and markets.

“The collapsed span caused important disruptions, affecting children, farmers, and families who trust connected the span for regular activities.” He maintained.

Senator Odey’s timely involution brought anticipation to the children who began to enactment distant from schoolhouse arsenic they recovered it hard to find their mode to schoolhouse owed to the breached bridge.

“As an indigene of the community, I was moved with compassion arsenic I visited the colony lone to observe that our children had stopped going to schoolhouse owed to the collapsed bridge, I was near with nary different enactment than to instrumentality contiguous action”. Odey maintained.

He emphasised that his involution is aimed astatine complementing the efforts of Governor Bassey Otu’s administration, which is already constructing the Yache-Alifokp Road and Akreha Bridge.

He said that the illness of the span caused immense hardship to the assemblage locals, adding that it was his work arsenic a typical of his assemblage to guarantee that they find a solution.

“I impulse each sons and daughters of Uchu-Yache, some astatine location and successful the diaspora, to articulation hands successful ensuring the palmy rebuilding of the collapsed bridge.” Odey stated.

The ex- National Assembly lawmaker turned acquisition commissioner lauded Evangelist James Eblabor, for contributing an further ₦500,000 to enactment the reconstruction effort.

Odey told our analogous that the radical of Uchu-Yache person besides reaffirmed their enactment for Governor Otu’s authorities and its infrastructure initiatives.

He said that rehabilitation of the Orierie Bridge bring alleviation to the assemblage and amended entree to indispensable services.