Why are people refusing to use the pedestrian bridges in Owerri?

Why is it that many people in Owerri love to avoid using the pedestrian bridges in the city? On the face of it, they look big and beautiful,  but why are they not being used by the masses.?

Very long fuel line in Enugu today.

The scarcity of petroleum still persists across the nation.  See the very long line of motorists in line under the hot afternoon sun just to buy some quantities of fuel at the normal pump price.

Picture of Aba road, Port Harcourt

This is Aba road in Port Harcourt, around GRA bus stop. 

Picture of Ogui road Enugu

Check out this beautiful picture of a common dual carriage road in Enugu city.  The fast paced development of Enugu is very commendable. We urge the incoming state government administration to keep up the good state of infrastructure in this city.

Port Harcourt monorail project, when will it be completed?

What is delaying the monorail project of Port Harcourt city?

A comparison between Owerri and Port Harcourt pedestrian bridges

Due to the frequency of motor vehicle accidents involving pedestrians, there is the need for governments across the world to build pedestrian foot  bridges at intervals on busy roads, especially in cities. Statistics are not available at this moment but it's estimated that hundreds of people die every year while trying to walk or run across motor roads.

The importance of footbridges cannot be overemphasised,  rather we are going to examine the apathy of the population of some cities from using pedestrian bridges even when they have been provided.  An example is in Imo state, Nigeria,  where people are refusing to climb and walk across the pedestrian bridges provided  by the state government. I have observed that very few people use footbridges in Owerri,  rather people take unneeded risks running across roads. Maybe it's with the design of the bridges, which looks rather slippery to climb, as they have no steps, people generally avoid the bridges in Owerri.

It's a different story in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, where the footbridges provided are so well built that they have air conditioned tubes. This might be to attract pedestrians to use the bridge.  This is commendable for the state government who enjoys a huge budget because of their oil revenue.

Port Harcout and its impassable streets

Many streets and roads in Port Harcourt are very congested with human and vehicular traffic.  Tricycles are making the situation worse by their abuse of road regulations. This is Rumunduru road, Rumuodara junction. 

Port Harcourt Flyovers

There are so many of them in every part of Port Harcourt Nigeria,  I have seen one in Rumola,  Mile 3, Eliozu and Mile 1. They are beautiful engineering works made to reduce congestion on the road and make road users happy.  Another city with lots of flyovers is Abuja, and Nigeria's financial capital,  Lagos. 

The horrible condition of Enugu - Onitsha express road

Welcome to the worst federal road in Nigeria,  the Enugu - Onitsha express road. Drivers dread this road, broken a lot of vehicle's shock absorbers and suspension system down. The federal government is careless about this road and the senators and house of reps members from this area seems to be sleeping.  The poor man suffers for it.

White ladies drinking Nigerian palm wine

Perhaps you would have doubted that whites are drinking pammy in Nigeria, well, we caught them in the act!

Picture of airport road bypass today

Up to the minute pictures of works at the airport bypass road today.

The peaceful tranquility of Agulu lake in Anambra State

The peaceful quietness of Agulu lake

The coal camp embankment, a view from the top.

The Coal Camp , an amazing view from the top

My train ride from Enugu to Port Harcourt on Nigerian Railway Corporation

Hello Nigerians, train services has resumed in the Enugu - Port Harcourt lines. I decided to travel by train to have and share my experiences of travelling on train and compare same with my travels on road.

Enjoy the pictures, but also leave a comment, what do you think?