 The governor's from Nigeria's South East region, having named the second Niger bridge after President Bahamad Gwari, speaking at the virtual inauguration of the bridge, Hope Uzodemath, a governor of Imor State, despite the South East not voting for him, Wahari fulfilled the promise he made to the geopolitical zone. Reacting to the naming of the bridge, Tolu Gulsi, a special assistant to the president on digital new media said the South East governors agreed to name the new bridge after the president as Mohamed Gwari's second Niger bridge. On December 15, 2022, the federal government opened the second Niger bridge for use in order to ease traffic in the South East during the festive season. On May 15, the bridge was fully opened to motorists while some finishing touches like lane markings were ongoing. In a statement on Monday, Fermi Addation, our president, spoke sped and said, Bahari is expected to commission seven legacy projects, including the second Niger bridge. I know that boy remember you, Bahamad Gwari, as so many other nations, Nigeria today, with the naming of the second bridge, Niger bridge after President Mohamed Gwari, he is a hero for me and indeed the people of South East. It is a pleasure, overjoyed today in the South East that we have come to take good for one of them and they may go under that and that is the second Niger bridge.