Nigeria, June 12 -- The North East Development Commission (NEDC), which has not kept a promise it made one year ago to rebuild a critical bridge on the Jalingo-Wukari Federal Highway, has vowed to rehabilitate 300 households in the Bali Local Government Area of Taraba State.

NEDC promised to rebuild the Namnai Bridge in the Gassol Local Government Area of the state after the facility collapsed last year.

The Managing Director of NEDC, Muhammed Alkali, inspected the collapsed bridge and said the commission would immediately reconstruct it.

Mr Alkali regretted the pain travellers were experiencing as a result of the federal road's disconnection.

He advised some travellers he saw during the visit crossing the collapsed bridge to use a fe...