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FG Announces Date For Final Delivery Of Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Second Niger Bridge, Others
The Federal Government has announced dates for the delivery of some of the key projects executed by the administration, including the Second Niger Bridge, the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, as well as two sections of the Abuja-Kano Expressway.
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, disclosed the information through the Minister of Information and Culture, Lia Mohammed, shortly after the Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Council Chambers on Wednesday.
According to him, the Lagos-Ibadan Road will be delivered on April 30 this year, the Second Niger Bridge will be one of those to be delivered on May 15.
Other national projects due for delivery include; the Loko Oweto Bridge, Kano-Zaria Road, completed Federal Secretariats in Nasarawa, Akwa Ibom, Zamfara, among others.
Lai Mohammed said, “The first memo he presented today was a memo seeking approval for revised estimated total cost of a contract for the completion of Phase 2 of Uto Bridge, 2.6 kilometer stretch in Ikenke, Delta State. This is an old project which we are committed to completing, I think the project was awarded in year 2006, but we are committed to completing it so today the FEC approved the sum of N1.398 billion to revise the contract from the N4.435 billion to N5.835 billion, inclusive of 7.5% VAT, to ensure that we’re able to complete this project before we leave.
“Also the Minister of Works brought approval for the ongoing bypassing, I think along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, but the good thing about this project is that we can very confidently and proudly announce that the Kano- Zaria 137-kilometer and the Zaria-Kaduna, 73 kilometers, will be handed over to us on May 15. Ditto the second Niger Bridge will be handed over to us on May 15, the Lagos-Ibadan 116 kilometers, with toll gates, will be handed over to us on April 30.
“The Loko-Oweto Bridge is also completed, so also is the Ikom Bridge completed. Our Federal Secretariats in Nasarawa, Awka, Bayelsa and Zamfara states are also completed and the Zuba housing project, 700 apartments, they’re also already for commissioning”.
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