Major General Yakubu Gowon Opens Eko Bridge | Lagos, Nigeria | February 1969

Saturday, February 8th 1969. Footage of Major General Yakubu Gowon, the Head of the Federal Military Government of Nigeria, opening Eko Bridge, the second bridge to link Lagosmainland to Lagos Island. Reuters: The construction of the bridge was financed from a loan of 66 miliion Deitschmarks from the West German government. A special eight-man delegation led by Dr. Udo Hein, State Secretary and Deputy Minister of Economic Co-operation represented West Germany at the ceremony. In a short speechbDr. Hein described federal Nigeria as "one of the most important trading partners of the Federal Republic of Germany in Africa. Source: Reuters News Archive.

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