Residents of Madagali, a major town in the northern part of Adamawa State which

shares borders with Goza in Borno State, have appealed for the quick response of

federal authorities after a major bridge in the town collapsed.

This is coming after the Madagali Bridge collapsed completely after a heavy rain that

caused an overflow of the Madagali River over which the bridge was built, while, People

moving goods from northern Adamawa to southern Borno or vice versa now have to

stop their vehicles on either side of the collapsed Madagali Bridge, download such

goods and have labourers lift the goods on the head and walk through the river to other

vehicles at the other end before the journey could continue.

A resident of Madagali, Mathew Maziga, said that Madagali and Goza residents who are

most directly affected now suffer much hardship and are waiting hopefully for quick

action on the collapsed bridge, while, another resident, Suleiman Abubakar, said prices

of goods coming from Borno State have further increased in the locality since the

collapse of the bridge, as traders now have to bear the extra burden of paying young

men to convey goods across the river.

Managing Director of the Commission, Alhaji Mohammed Alkali who led the NEDC

team on the visit, assured that work would begin soon to reconstruct the bridge, adding

that, President Bola Tinubu has given the Commission the go-ahead to fix the bridge.