Second Niger Bridge is completed – Fashola

The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has announced the completion of the Second Niger Bridge.

Fashola disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja at the unveiling of President Muhammadu Buhari’s scorecard series (2015-2023).

He however stated that the connecting roads to the bridge are still under construction

According to Fashola: “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.

“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, he added

He further disclosed that 12 road projects covering about 896km have been completed, commissioned and handed over to their communities adding that the government is executing 83 road rehabilitation projects in federal tertiary institutions across the country with 66 projects completed and 46 commissioned.

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