{"id":171427,"date":"2025-07-27T20:52:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T19:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/lau-urges-fg-to-declare-taraba-bridge-collapse-emergency"},"modified":"2025-07-27T22:21:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T21:21:51","slug":"lau-urges-fg-to-declare-taraba-bridge-collapse-emergency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lau-urges-fg-to-declare-taraba-bridge-collapse-emergency","title":{"rendered":"Lau Urges FG to Declare Taraba Bridge Collapse Emergency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Gimbiyar Lau, Hajiya Mamma Fati Ibrahim Hassan Lau, has urged the federal authorities to declare the reconstruction of Namnai Bridge in Gassol Local Government Area of Taraba State a national emergency.<\/p>\n<p>Answering questions from journalists on Sunday in the state, Gimbiyar Lau, who lost three of her family members in the tragic boat mishap that occurred at the collapsed bridge site on Saturday, called on both the federal and state governments to, as a matter of urgency, begin reconstruction work on the long-abandoned bridge.<\/p>\n<p>DAILY POST learnt that the accident, which occurred at the site of the collapsed bridge, involved eight of her relatives.<\/p>\n<p>While five were rescued, one body has been recovered and two others remain missing as rescue efforts enter the third day.<\/p>\n<p>Describing the incident as a \u201cpreventable tragedy\u201d, she blamed years of governmental neglect for the reliance on unsafe water transportation in the area, particularly perilous during the rainy season when river levels rise dangerously.<\/p>\n<p>She appealed to Governor Agbu Kefas to intensify pressure on the federal government to prioritise the bridge\u2019s reconstruction, noting that the Namnai Bridge is a critical piece of infrastructure not just for local communities but for the nation at large.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Jalingo\u2013Wukari corridor where the bridge is located is a major economic artery linking northern and southern Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>It is essential for the movement of agricultural produce, livestock, and goods supporting commerce and fostering regional integration,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>While expressing her condolences to affected families, particularly the Alkali Hassan Lau and Badikko families, residents of Lau, Gassol, Jalingo Council, and Tarabans at large, she urged the federal authorities to \u201cimmediately insert the right peg in the right hole in order to prevent future occurrences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Gimbiyar Lau, Hajiya Mamma Fati Ibrahim Hassan Lau, has urged the federal authorities to declare the reconstruction of Namnai Bridge in Gassol Local Government Area of Taraba State a national emergency. Answering questions from journalists on Sunday in the state, Gimbiyar Lau, who lost three of her family members in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":171426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[18179,254,3685],"class_list":["post-171427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-lau","tag-nigeria","tag-taraba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lau Urges FG to Declare Taraba Bridge Collapse Emergency - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Gimbiyar Lau, Hajiya Mamma Fati Ibrahim Hassan Lau, has urged the federal authorities to declare the reconstruction ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lau-urges-fg-to-declare-taraba-bridge-collapse-emergency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lau Urges FG to Declare Taraba Bridge Collapse Emergency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Gimbiyar Lau, Hajiya Mamma Fati Ibrahim Hassan Lau, has urged the federal authorities to declare the reconstruction ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lau-urges-fg-to-declare-taraba-bridge-collapse-emergency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-27T19:52:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-27T21:21:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753638829.12119.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lau-urges-fg-to-declare-taraba-bridge-collapse-emergency#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lau-urges-fg-to-declare-taraba-bridge-collapse-emergency\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Lau Urges FG to Declare Taraba Bridge Collapse Emergency\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-27T19:52:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-27T21:21:51+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lau-urges-fg-to-declare-taraba-bridge-collapse-emergency\"},\"wordCount\":307,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lau-urges-fg-to-declare-taraba-bridge-collapse-emergency#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753638829.12119.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Lau\",\"Nigeria\",\"taraba\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lau-urges-fg-to-declare-taraba-bridge-collapse-emergency#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lau-urges-fg-to-declare-taraba-bridge-collapse-emergency\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lau-urges-fg-to-declare-taraba-bridge-collapse-emergency\",\"name\":\"Lau Urges FG to Declare Taraba Bridge Collapse Emergency - 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