2nd Niger Bridge will be partially be opened by December – FG
Written by City Radio on November 23, 2022
The Federal Governnent on Wednesday said that the 2nd Niger Bridge will partially be open for public use during the yuletide.
The announcement will bring respite to commuters playing the ever-busy Asaba-Onitsha road.
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN disclosed this while fielding questions from State House correspondents at the end of the weekly Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa Abuja.
The Minister said that the federal government was favourably disposed to open a section of the 2nd Niger Bridge partially for public use this December to reduce the heavy gridlock on the existing bridge.
Fashola however promised that the project will be completed and commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari before he leaves office in May 2023.
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