The Federal Government of Nigeria is set to deploy robotic machines for the underwater inspection of bridges across the country. Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, announced the initiative on Sunday, aiming to enhance bridge safety and maintenance.
The use of robotic technology will provide more accurate and efficient inspections, particularly in hard-to-reach underwater areas. This move is part of the government’s efforts to modernize infrastructure management and prevent accidents caused by deteriorating bridges.
In the announcement made on Sunday, Umahi stated: “We are going to locate a robotic kind of machine that will be able to do the diving to allow us to see everything happening under the water in all our bridges.
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He said that the Managing Director of HITECH Construction Company, Danny Abboud, would help to ‘locate that mission and then we would like to buy it’.
Umahi also declared a “bridge emergency” to assess the condition of bridges, particularly those constructed 53 years ago, across the country.
“We want to declare, I don’t know the word to use, bridge emergency, on our bridges, to know what is happening 53 years after we constructed these bridges, not only in Lagos but nationwide.
“I want Nigerians to have hope in the renewed hope administration as we are building for the future and inherited projects are given adequate attention,” he said.
