ASABA — GOVERNOR of Delta State, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, his Anambra state counterpart, Dr Willie Obiano and the Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi,   have joined forces to ensure free flow of traffic and clear the stumbling blocks commuters face at Delta and Anambra ends of the River Niger Bridge during the yuletide season.

Briefing the press after a closed door meeting in Asaba that lasted about 40 minutes, the trio said they were concerned that commuters spend a lot of man-hours on the road during the yuletide because of traffic grid-lock.

Enthused Governor  Okowa said, “It was a very successful meeting; we discussed a lot of issues concerning security and free flow of movement for people travelling to the South East.

“You know that it was important for effective collaboration between Delta State and neighbouring states in different areas and we agreed on so many areas, especially on security and how to ensure that there will be free movement during the yuletide.

Governor Obiano in his contribution said, “Our concern is about ‘Ndi Anambra’, we discussed the decongestion  of the Niger Bridge during the Christmas season and also discussed what will benefit us economically because you cannot wish away the fact that there are a lot of Ndi Anambra residing in Delta State and Deltans are also doing business in Anambra State.”

“There will be free flow of movement on the Niger Bridge,” Governor Obiano added, while the FRSC boss stated, “We agreed on a number of issues, and I can assure you that broken down vehicles would be removed from the highways while other security measures have also been agreed on.”