Taraba bridge metals vandalised amid funding challenges

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Taraba bridge metals vandalised amid funding challenges
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Driven by frustration and desperation, some Indigenes of Ibi community in Taraba State have embarked on the stripping of valuables

made for the construction of Ibi Bridge, situated over the Benue River. made for the construction of Ibi Bridge, situated over the Benue River.

The Guardian learnt metal scavengers from the town have taken over the construction site, stripping it of valuable iron materials, thereby compounding the project’s woes. Some indigenes, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the brazen vandalisation of the iron may signal the end of the project, They blamed both the state and Federal Governments for failing to provide security for the abandoned bridge.

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