FEMD Reopens Slip Road At Galadimawa Interchange To Vehicular Movement

By Angela Atabo

FCT Emergency Management Department (FEMD) has reopened the slip road at Galadimawa Interchange to vehicular movement.

Speaking at the removal of the barricade on Tuesday, the acting Director General of FEMD, Abdulrahman Mohammed, said the barricade connecting Goodluck Jonathan Expressway with Ring Road 11 at Galadimawa Interchange was safe to be removed.

Mohammed, represented by the Head of the Department of Forecasting Response and Mitigation, Mr Mark Nyam, explained that the slip road was barricaded on July 1st, at the peak of the rainy season.

He said that the barricade was to restrict vehicular movement due to recurring flooding on the road.

“The road has now been reopened following the cessation of the rainy season.

“This yearly ritual is very small but mighty because it goes a long way to save lives before the completion of the ongoing construction work,” he said.

Also speaking, the Assistant Chief Resident Engineer, Federal Capital Development Authority, Abdulkadir Musa, explained that construction of a permanent solution to the slip road was ongoing.

He says, “The project is massive and capital intensive. There is a bridge on this axis.

“All this closing and reopening of the slip road is a temporary measure during the rainy season to save lives.”

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that heavy floods had in 2019 claimed the life of the then Director of Finance, FCT High Court, Mr Tony Okwechime. (NAN)(www.nannews.ng)

Edited by Bashir Rabe Mani