An Abia State-based group, the Ndigbo for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu 2027 Forum, has credited President Bola Tinubu with the reconstruction of the Umuwanwa Bridge in Abia State, saying the intervention marks a major infrastructure milestone nearly six decades after the structure was destroyed during the Nigerian Civil War.
The group said the project, alongside other ongoing federal road works in the Southeast, reflected the administration’s commitment to addressing infrastructure gaps and promoting balanced national development.
In a communiqué issued after its State Executive Committee meeting held on Sunday in Umuahia, the group said the bridge had remained unattended since its destruction in 1967.
“Of historic significance, the forum acknowledges the Federal Government’s approval for the reconstruction of the Umuwanwa Ancient Bridge, destroyed during the Nigerian Civil War in 1967 and left unattended for over five decades,” the statement read.
The communiqué was signed by state chairman, Nwaogazi Nwankwo; state
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