Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Works and Housing, on Wednesday, announced the completion of the second Niger bridge.
Fashola made the announcement at the ongoing press briefing to present President Muhammadu Buhari’s achievements in Abuja.
The Minister said the bridge will soon be opened for public use.
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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