Our reporter| The federal government on Wednesday said the Second Niger Bridge linking Anambra and Delta states will soon be open for public use.
Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, who disclosed this at a ministerial press briefing in Abuja, said the Second Niger bridge itself has been “finished” and “people can walk through the bridge now unimpeded”.
According to him, what remains to be completed is the four-kilometer link road on the Asaba side.
“Second Niger Bridge is completed. What is remaining is a 4km interchange road at the Asaba end and 2km out of a 7km link road at the Onitsha end,” Fashola said.
“The first thing we did when we came into power was we expanded our budget on road infrastructure, sought alternative sources of funding through SUKUK, Infrastructure Tax Credit Scheme.”
Listing the achievements of his ministry, Fashola said 12 road projects covering about 896km have been completed, commissioned, and handed over to their communities in the season of completion and impact.
He also said the government is executing 83 road rehabilitation projects in federal tertiary institutions across the country with 66 projects completed and 46 commissioned.
“Some of the Super Eagles that were promised houses in 1994 have been allocated their houses. After 28 years, President Muhammmadu Buhari approved it and fulfilled the pledge,” he added.
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