He Remembered the Dead — So the Living Can Cross Safely
By AProf. Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke There are moments in governance when policy, infrastructure, and memory converge into moral responsibility. Governor Alex C. Otti’s emotionally charged address in Abam was one of such rare moments — a public acknowledgement that development is not merely about roads and bridges, but about lives once lost to neglect and a collective vow that such tragedies must never recur. Decades ago, Abam mourned children — including those of Rev. Dr. Uma Ukpai — who perished because a bridge had deteriorated into danger. Their deaths were not caused by natural disaster or unavoidable fate; they were…
