The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has revealed the Federal Government is ramping up security at the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos with the installation of closed-circuit television (CCTV) and solar lights as parts of the repair works.  

Umahi while briefing reporters in Lagos noted that part of the repair work on the bridge includes the installation of CCTV to combat crime and illegal mining around the bridge.

He said; “When you talk about the total rehabilitation of the bridge, you talk about the deck.”  

“Mr President has released the money and I can say that 99 per cent of the project is done. But what is to be done is additional work: we are putting up solar lights; we are replacing the generator lights with solar lights.

“We are putting up CCTV both on top of the bridge and under the bridge because the president told me that part of the problem we are having is people who are doing illegal mining of the sand. And I agree with him. I have seen it. They even go as far as even destroying the concrete to anchor their small boats.”

The former Ebonyi State governor also says President Bola Tinubu’s government is on the right track, expressing optimism that he will be re-elected as Nigeria’s leader in 2027.

“You must know that the coming onboard of Mr President is divine. When God starts a thing, He completes it,” the minister said.