FG Awards N206bn Contract For Main Work Of Second Niger Bridge

Mr Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing,
says the Federal Government has awarded N206 billion contract for
the main work on the Second Niger Bridge.

Fashola who spoke in Abuja during an interactive session with
newsmen noted that the contract was awarded to Julius Berger
Construction Company.

He said that the project, expected to be completed in 36 months
would be funded under the Presidential Infrastructure Development
Fund (PIDF).

According to him, funding the project under PIDF means that work
will no longer stop on account of lack of funding.

He said that the Lagos-Ibadan expressway and
Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano road projects would also be funded under
PIDF.

Fashola said that the contract for the main work on the Second
Niger Bridge was awarded after the completion of the four phases of
the project.

He said that the early works were preliminary projects to be
completed before the main work, adding that all the early works
were done in the river and not visible from the existing
bridge.

According to him, with the award of the main work, there will be
a lot of piling works in the water and that is what people will
see.