Nigeria’s Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola on Wednesday disclosed that the federal government has finally completed work on the Second Niger Bridge and will soon officially open for public use.
Fashola stated this at an ongoing press briefing to present the President Muhammadu Buhari’s scorecard in Abuja.
The Minister explained that the only factor delaying the commissioning of the bridge is the construction of the link road which the recent surge of flooding has obstructed.
He said, “I can confirm that the Second Niger Bridge itself is finished. People can walk through the bridge now unimpeded. What remains is the four-kilometer link road on the Asaba side.
“Right now, our dredger is in place, we have to rebuild the road by reclaiming sand, the recent surge of flood has slowed us down. On the Onitsha side, there is a 7kilometer road that links the bridge and the Onitsha-Owerri interchange.”
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