{"id":1269552,"date":"2022-12-23T19:24:50","date_gmt":"2022-12-23T19:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/23\/they-expect-south-east-people-to-clap-as-if-only-they-will-use-the-2nd-niger-bridge-chuks-akunna\/"},"modified":"2022-12-23T19:24:50","modified_gmt":"2022-12-23T19:24:50","slug":"they-expect-south-east-people-to-clap-as-if-only-they-will-use-the-2nd-niger-bridge-chuks-akunna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/23\/they-expect-south-east-people-to-clap-as-if-only-they-will-use-the-2nd-niger-bridge-chuks-akunna\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;They Expect South East People to Clap as if Only They Will Use the 2nd Niger Bridge&#8221; -Chuks Akunna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<article>\n<p>  The Authority Newspaper\u2019s executive director, Chuks Akunna, has voiced his concerns about the southeast region\u2019s residents and the federal initiatives being carried out there. Speaking on AIT News, Akunna contrasted the FG project with what is offered in the nation\u2019s other geographical regions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Buhari flagged off the Eastern Railway Corridor last year,\u201d Akunna stated in response to the topic, There were celebrations and promises. Though they are stating they can\u2019t complete the job just a few months before their contract expires. What commitment has the Buhari administration made good on?<\/p>\n<p>Look at the second Niger Bridge, he said further. The Benue Bridge between Loko and Oweto, Nasarawa State, was replaced with a larger bridge. Nobody has made a political comment or created a stir, though. The process was done discretely. However, they act as though Southeasters will be the only people using the bridge when they demand applause from the region when a bridge is built there. <\/p>\n<h2> Watch video below: <\/h2>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"azkP3sHeqZE\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Newspaper Review: PDP accuse TINUBU and APC of planning to Truncate the 2023 Elections\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/azkP3sHeqZE?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p> <iframe><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Do they not reside in this nation? All around the nation, new roads are being constructed, but the only one that requires tolls is the 2nd Niger Bridge. Material things are less significant than symbols.<\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: modulus123 (via  Opera<br \/>News )<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"copyright hide\">\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       () , , , , , , , , .      \/ ,  and\/or  .     ,  , and\/or  ,      and\/or     <\/span><br \/><span class=\"see-more\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<section class=\"tags\">\nAIT News<br \/>Authority<br \/>Buhari<br \/>Eastern Railway Corridor<br \/>South East<br \/><\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Authority Newspaper\u2019s executive director, Chuks Akunna, has voiced his concerns about the southeast region\u2019s residents and the federal initiatives being carried out there. Speaking on AIT News, Akunna contrasted the FG project with what is offered in the nation\u2019s other geographical regions. \u201cPresident Buhari flagged off the Eastern Railway Corridor last year,\u201d Akunna stated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1269553,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3888],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1269552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1269552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1269552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1269552\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1269552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1269552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1269552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}