Work Did Not Stop On 2nd Niger Bridge - Obi

Former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has described as erroneous reports in some national dailies that the Federal Government had stopped work on the Second Niger Bridge.

Reacting on phone to the alleged stoppage of work to newsmen, Obi said that work did not stop, neither was the Federal Government contemplating stopping work on the bridge for any reason.Speaking further, Obi, who stopped over in London, en route to Rome as part of the Federal Government delegation to the Vatican for the canonisation of Pope John Paul II today, said that he was incidentally with the Managing Director of Julius Berger PLC, the firm handling the project, Engr. Wolfgang Goegseh, who immediately confirmed to him that work had never at any time since the flag-off of the project stopped, neither did the Federal Government ever tell them to stop work for any reason.

Obi stated further that the Environmental Impact Assessment was progressing on very well, describing the project as strategic to the economy of the country and appealed to all organisations, persons and organs of government directly or indirectly connected to the project to give it maximum support saying that it would be, when completed, one of the greatest legacies of President Goodluck Jonathan.

It would be recalled that the project was flagged off on March 10, 2014, during which the President assured that everything had been put in place for the construction of the bridge.

At the event, the Minister for Works, Mr. Mike Onolememen, said the project was part of the transformation agenda of Mr. President, aimed at improving the infrastructural and socio-economic activities of the nation.

The minister explained that the Federal Government would execute the project under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement for a concessional period of 25 years through design, build, finance, operate and transfer, DPFOT, model.

The Second Niger Bridge, he explained, was 1,590 metres long and forms part of the 11.90km length project which construction cost was put at N117,860,700,741.82 vat inclusive.

[Daily Times Nigeria]

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Work Did Not Stop On 2nd Niger Bridge - Obi
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