Second Niger Bridge is 91% complete – Fashola

Minister of Works, Babatunde Fashola has said that the Second Niger Bridge is 91% complete. The minister made this known on Thursday March 24, during the Special Weekly ministerial briefing at the State House in Abuja.

He revealed that the project has directly employed 1,486 people, with 8,110 indirect jobs equally created.

Fashola pegged major projects under the Presidential Infrastructure Development fund including the 375km Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano Expressway estimated (797 billion naira); the 11.59km Second Niger Bridge (206 billion naira) and the 127km Lagos-Ibadan Expressway (310 billion naira) at 1.3 trillion naira.

He noted that the Lagos Ibadan Express Way and Second Niger Bridge will be completed by the end of the year while the main Carriageway of Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano expressway is scheduled for completion by the second quarter of 2023.