The minister of works, Engineer Dave Umahi, inspected the Niger Bridge, which had been vandalised and saw MTN and other adverts on the bridge. He ordered that the adverts should be removed and replaced with photos of President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima.
However he later discovered that a previous government had given the advertising rights on the bridge to a private company. It was the company that allowed MTN to advertise on the bridge.
Engineer Umahi said that he paid the private company with his own money in order to erect photos of President Tinubu, Vice President Shettima and all the governors of South-East and South-South states on the bridge.
He said that Obidients, who had been complaining about the photos of Tinubu on the bridge, can also pay the company to place their photos on the bridge.
Minister Umahi stating that he paid the money for the banners of President Tinubu,VP Shettima, all SS and SE Governors to be mounted on the just rehabilitated 1st Niger Bridge
Who go pay for others oo🙂 pic.twitter.com/c5clKvPA1y
— David Offor (@DavidsOffor) October 15, 2026
