Isoko nation cry out to Gov. Sheriff to fix Enenurhie/Enhwe collapse bridge

Isoko nation cry out to Gov. Sheriff to fix Enenurhie/Enhwe collapse bridge

The people of Enenurhie/Enhwe Community's in Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State, has cried out to the Governor of Delta State, His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori to come to their aid as a matter of urgency and public importance to fix the collapsed Enenurhie/Enhwe bridge head as well as the bad portion of the road in order to save them from untimely death and hardship.

In a statement released on Saturday by Mr. Wilson Macaulay, a seasoned journalist and a correspondent of the African Pride Newspaper Online through an SOS appealed to Governor Oborevwori to use his good office to intervene on the plight of Deltans, especially the lsoko nation by putting the failed bridge head to order for the good use of residents of Enenurhie/ Enhwe Community's and other motorist across Delta plying the road.

Read in full details of the SOS below:

Colapse Enenurhie/Enhwe Bridge, An SOS Call On Governor Oborevwori to Fix the Bad Portion 

By Wilson Macaulay

ln the cause and   process of my routine assignment across Delta  State as an lndependent 

Road Journal Corresspondent of the African Pride Newspaper Online, l came across a failed section of the busy

Enenurhie/Enhwe road and Bridge connecting the East-West Road leading to Ughelli in Delta State, and traversing Bayelsa State to

Portharourt in Rivers State.

ln the light of my civic responsibility

as a member of the "Fourth Estate of the Realm", the traditional  watch dog of our society as the saying goes, l felt morally compelled to bring this ugly situation to the attention of our State Governor, His Excellency, RT Hon Sheriff Oborevwori to fix the mess at the bridge head of the Enenurhie/ Enhwe bridge which collapsed on Thursday November 2nd, 2023 to mitigate the suffering of  the masses in that economic corridor from the menance of the fallen bridge head and failed sections of the road.

Truth be told, as we speak, vehicular movement has been truncated as motorist can no longer access the East-West road to go either to Ughelli or Porthacourt, an experience which has brought alot of pain and hardship to the innocent people of Enenurhie and Enhwe when they least expected it.

l spoke with some of the people who were  trapped in the milieu and they painted a gory picture of the situation thus:

Mr Keno Omofezi, a motorist who was on his way from lgbide to Oleh enroute the Enenurhie / Enhwe Road lamented saying: " It is indeed painful to think about  the situation we found ourselves. As you can see,  the damage is much, collosal and terrible. Kindly call on our Góvernor to come and help us out of the dish we suddenly found ourselves.'

Continuing, Mr Keno Omofezi added:" This  Road and bridge is very dear to us because it connects the whole of lsoko communities to

the popular East-West Road, so we cannot afford to stay without it, hence the compassionate appeal

for the Governor to hear our cry early and come to our rescue because  the situation apparently    need urgent attention without any sentimentality."

Mr Peter Manson, Enenurhie President General who was also trapped in the eye of the storm while gazing  helplessly at the cut - off bridge head said: " This damage is beyond community effort, the Delta State Government under the leadership of Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori should graciously come to our aid to help us out; " he pleaded.

However, Mr Anthony  Okpiyalele, a passer-by suggested a short term action, saying that the State Government should  fix the damage bridge head while on a long term basis a new bridge longer should be proposed and constructed later as a lasting solution to this problem.

African Pride Newspaper Online findings indicate that, the reality on ground based

on the laudable antecedents of how the MORE Agenda is targetted towards masses oriented Projects, we have plausible reasons to believe and assert that this "Compassionate Appeal of Save our Souls " (SOS ) message sent to Gov. Sheriff Oborevwori 

through this veritable platform will strike the right cord in him to magnanimouslly   dispatch Hon Charles Aniagwu, the Hon Commissioner for  Works, Rural and Riverine Areas  to go and upgrade the collapsed Enenurhie /Enhwe bridge head which serves the general interest of the lsoko people in particular, and the public interest of all  Deltans across board, the statement added.