Done deal! FG takes delivery of 2nd Niger bridge from Julius Berger
...Opens bridge for traffic
The Federal Government has taken delivery of the Second Niger Bridge from the contractor, Julius Berger PLC, seven months after it was commissioned by the previous administration led by Muhammad Buhari.
Minister of Works, Chief David Umahi, The Sun reports, told newsmen, shortly after he was conducted round the project and other facilities by the Managing Director of Julius Berger, Dr. Lars Richter, that he was satisfied with the level of work done by the contractor.
He commended the previous and present administration for doing a lot to bring the work to completion, saying the job was good and beautiful.
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The minister said: “We have light issue, and we’ve put things together on how to permanently have light, especially at night. What we have agreed is to deploy solar solution in the coming weeks so that every night, we don’t have to run diesel.
“The roads are going to be completed when we have completed the two inter-changes, one is taking us off from Asaba town to cut off the traffic, and the other one is going to be done by Reynolds Construction Company (RCC) Ltd, to avoid Onitsha town and take you straight to Obosi.
“President Bola Tinubu is committed to the project. We’re going to acquire more, so that we can build service stations, filling stations, restaurants, supper markets, and other facilities, as we see in the western world.
“We are determined to that, the need to do this with the inter changes is going to be a very smart one, so that over the years, we can have a beautiful and maintained road,” he said.
The minister further assured of security of the bridge by providing closed-circuit (CCTV) cameras and some security personnel so that people can get security assistance within five minutes.
Dr. Richter, in his remarks, said that the event was a technical handover after the project was inaugurated by the former administration.
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He said that work was successfully completed in time and Julius Berger has delivered highest quality of work.
Also, in his remark, the Director, Bridges Design and Construction (South), Federal Ministry of Works, Mr. Bede Obioha, tasked the residents around the second Niger bridge to help secure the already installed facilities and those that are yet to be installed.
