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STRUCTURES... INFRA !!! * Nigeria - Death, disability caused by accidents plague Lagos neighbourhood
Kirikiri: The price of bad roads
Kirikiri,Nigeria -The Daily Sun, by TOPE ADEBOBOYE -December 13, 2008: -- Kirikiri. That is one name that conjures an instant dread in the minds of millions of Nigerians... Indeed, in this town, both the jailed and the so-called freed are all prisoners. The roads are not just rough and impassable, every one is a potential pathway to death, and each resident and passer-by a prospective victim. Disheartening settlement Baale of Kirikiri town, Chief Waheed Sunmonu Agunbiade, is not unaware of the prime position his town commands in the comity of neglected Nigerian communities. “The state of my town is disheartening”, he recently lamented to Saturday Sun. “The town has been forgotten and left to disappear from the map of the state.” Apart from the recurrence of tragedies on the roads in Kirikiri, the traditional chief is worried that a major calamity might visit the suburb pretty soon. “A section of the Berger Bridge has collapsed and people are complaining about the vibration on it. I am appealing to the Lagos State government to ensure that the bridge is repaired and heavy duty trucks barred from parking on it,” said the Baale... (Photo: Sun News Publishing • Tralers fell every day in Kirikiri)Labels: structures... infra...
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