Lions Club Renovate Pedestrian Bridge In Ikorodu
By Nurudeen Adebayo
The Lions Club in Zone 1A, District 404B2 Nigeria has rebuilt the pedestrian bridge at Ikorodu Road as part of its humanitarian deeds to the society.
The president of the club, Lion Matilda Braimoh said the gesture is to ensure that pedestrians are saved from crossing the road and equally create a more clean and healthy environment for the society.
Braimoh stated that Lions recognised the need in society to address the challenges to protect the environment, “so they are working hard to keep our environment in its best possible condition.
“Making an environmental impact in our community may seem daunting, but Lions understand that gradual changes are important to create a big one at a time.
“With an eye to a healthier future for our community, and generations to come, the club decided to improve Idi-roko at Ikorodu road in the city of Lagos, the health and well-being of those in the area by lending a supporting hand.”
Braimoh said the project became necessary as pedestrians no longer use the bridge due to the dilapidated state of the bridge, which made the site look ugly, dirty, and unkempt.
She said: “The refurbishment is a way to beautify the environment and equally save the lives of Nigerians from untimely death reasons we have taken up this project. The clubs in my zone came together to refurbish this pedestrian bridge.
“We replaced the missing rods and bars on the rails and also painted the rails and beams of the bridge. The missing rods posed a danger to the lives of people, items could easily fall from the hands of anyone, roll through the wide gaps created by the missing rods, land on a car moving car driving underneath the bridge and cause a car crash or pile up.”
She noted that the reason for the project is to restore the beauty of the bridge and give it that environmental face to behold, as environmental protection is one of the Lions Club International’s global core areas.
Lions International is the world’s largest service organisation known for investing its 3ts namely time, talent, and treasure to touch the lives of the poor and the needy in the community and also impact the world.
The club does this to collaborate, partner with, and support the effort of government in alleviating poverty in the country.
Braimoh said: “I will urge the government to have a monitoring team that will go round to check and replace missing portions before they become a death trap. And also find ways to stop those people who come in the odd hours of the night to cut off the rods and bars and use them for their selfish interest.”
