DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN: Sand miners endanger bridge connecting Bayelsa communities
EKPETIAMA-TOMBIA Bridge, which links communities at Ekpetiama bloc in Yenagoa Local Government Area; the university town of Amassoma, Southern Ijaw Council; Igbedi, Kolokuma-Opokuma, Ogobiri in Sagbama area and Bayelsa International Airport is now exposed to rampaging erosion, following illegal dredging activities of sand miners on the Nun River.