Approves $40m for Nigeria-Cameroun Bridge

 

Work will soon begin on the Second Niger Bridge as the Federal Government has mo­bilised contractors to the site of the project.

The cheering news was bro­ken on Wednesday in Abuja by the Managing Director of the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), Mr. Uche Orji.

At a press conference in Abuja, Orji said that the com­pletion of the multi-billion nai­ra Second Niger Bridge linking Asaba in Delta State and Onit­sha in Anambra State would be done because the Federal Gov­ernment was handling it with dispatch.

He admitted that time had been lost in the execution of the project, but declared that with the mobilisation of contractors to the site, work would be ac­celerated on the project, adding that a new financing structure had been adopted.

According to Orji, “the Sec­ond Niger Bridge, I would say, went through a phase where there was a pause, as we went through a kind of transition from one government to an­other. We have reconciled most of the issues and we are work­ing to get back on course with funding. I think the contrac­tors have been mobilised once again and so they will get back to work.

“There is a new financing strategy which is being dis­cussed, which we are driving along with the Federal Ministry of Works. Once that is agreed, you will see a significant pro­gress on that bridge in the next couple of years.

“We did lose time, while we were trying to complete the transaction process and there are people who are working on this in the ministry. There was a bit of period of time loss but we are back on track. “But the financing structure is changing and once this is approved, we will move faster”, Orji said.

Also yesterday, the Fed­eral Executive Council (FEC) approved $38 million for the construction of the Nigeria-Cameroun border link bridge at Ekot-Ifiom in Cross Riv­er State. The consultancy ser­vices will cost additional $1.9 million.

The project, which is super­vised by the Ministry of Pow­er, Works and Housing, will be supported by the African De­velopment Bank and is expect­ed to improve relationship be­tween Cameroun and Nigeria, especially in view of the Inter­national Court of Justice judge­ment over the Bakassi Penin­sula.

The Minister in charge, Ba­batunde Fashola (SAN), told journalists that it is part of the link road to Enugu-Abakiliki Highway which is already be­ing completed and also part of the larger Lagos/Mombasa su­perhighway.

He further explained that “the Cameroun bridge is $38 million for the construction contract and $1.9 million for consultancy and supervision of the bridge under the Afri­can Development Bank pro­curement guidelines.”

Fashola said that another approval by FEC was the re­suscitation and completion at a cost of N32 billion, of the Ka­duna Eastern Bypass Highway which was started in 2002, and initially planned to have been completed in three years.

The 50-kilometre dual car­riage way with nine bridges over rivers and rail crossings, is yet to be complete 15 years after and the cost has escalated.

“When the project was first awarded in 2002 it was N16 bil­lion. We have had to get ap­proval for a N22 billion vari­ation and that takes the total project cost now to N32 bil­lion.”

Outgoing Minister of Envi­ronment, Amina Mohammed, also announced FEC’s approv­al of the Revised National Pol­icy on Environment which was first formulated in 1991 and last revised in 1999. The sec­ond revision is 2017.

Mohammed explained that “it has become imperative that we have this new policy frame­work because what we really wanted to do is to capture some of the emerging issues that have come since then as regards to environment.

“These concerns such as climate change, coastal erosion, desertification, erosion, pollu­tion and insecurity which have been exacerbated by the strug­gles for environment resourc­es, we see this in the country at all levels.”

She also disclosed that a team from her ministry had gone ahead to secure the site of a toxic dump in Delta State while relevant regulatory agen­cies are trying to fish out the culprits.




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God Almighty please hear the masses cry

Help us return baba back to our great country safe

We missed him so much

I mean we the progressives

Prof is holding on well

God bless muhammadu Buhari

God Bless Yemi Osinbajo

Long live federal republic of Nigeria

How many damn times are they gon "mobilize contractors". At this point you folks are just lying to yoselves...


No wonder this country was listed as most corrupt country in the world.. criminals!!!!

One thing i love about the Op is that, he never fails to present himself as a zombie publicly.






Keep it up sarrki, your pension/gratuity is been processed.



Sai baba.

raker300:
How many damn times are they gon "mobilize contractors". At this point you folks are just lying to yoselves...


No wonder this country was listed as most corrupt country in the world.. criminals!!!!

When we blame past administration you guys will

Call we the progressives all sort of names

We are made to believe that the bridge is nearing completion then


Thank you muhammadu Buhari

Long live Mr president

the doubting Thomas and wailers will still question the credibility of the news ....see what PDP couldn't do for us

sarrki:
God Almighty please hear the masses cry

Help us return baba back to our great country safe

We missed him so much

I mean we the progressives

Prof is holding on well

God bless muhammadu Buhari

God Bless Yemi Osinbajo

Long live federal republic of Nigeria

Amin..... Let not your heart be troubled. Baba will rule this country till 2045.


Our economy is growing and in a matter of months, we will be the number 1 in the world. All thanks to buhari.

sarrki:
God Almighty please hear the masses cry

Help us return baba back to our great country safe

We missed him so much

I mean we the progressives

Prof is holding on well

God bless muhammadu Buhari

God Bless Yemi Osinbajo

Long live federal republic of Nigeria

and na you first comment? Haba Mallam ka ji tsoron Allah

immaculatengang:
and na you first comment? Haba Mallam ka ji soron Allah

Tsoron

God bless muhammadu Buhari

raker300:
How many damn times are they gon "mobilize contractors". At this point you folks are just lying to yoselves...


No wonder this country was listed as most corrupt country in the world.. criminals!!!!

What people like you don't understand is that lists such as this is a fraud in and of itself designed to make you feel bad about yourselves.

True Nigeria is very corrupt (we don't need an index to tell us that) but in reality, the United States should top that list. No doubt about that.

But guess what? They are the accused, the judge and the executioner in their own case.

sarrki:



When we blame past administration you guys will

Call we the progressives all sort of names

We are made to believe that the bridge is nearing completion then


Thank you muhammadu Buhari

Long live Mr president

you lie a lot this man, stop it!!!

No one said the bridge was nearing completion

As of 2015, these are the pictures of the 2nd bridge..

Work has not progressed beyond this point



Read about the bridge as of 2015 https://www.naij.com/544601-see-amazing-photos-second-niger-bridge.html

sarrki:

Approves $40m for Nigeria-Cameroun Bridge Work will soon begin on the Second Niger Bridge as the Federal Government has mo­bilised contractors to the site of the project.

The cheering news was bro­ken on Wednesday in Abuja by the Managing Director of the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), Mr. Uche Orji.

At a press conference in Abuja, Orji said that the com­pletion of the multi-billion nai­ra Second Niger Bridge linking Asaba in Delta State and Onit­sha in Anambra State would be done because the Federal Gov­ernment was handling it with dispatch.

He admitted that time had been lost in the execution of the project, but declared that with the mobilisation of contractors to the site, work would be ac­celerated on the project, adding that a new financing structure had been adopted.

everyday same old story "mobilisation" "commences" when will it be completed

Ioannes:


What people like you don't understand is that lists such as this is a fraud in and of itself designed to make you feel bad about yourselves.

True Nigeria is very corrupt (we don't need an index to tell us that) but in reality, the United States should top that list. No doubt about that.

But guess what? They are the accused, the judge and the executioner in their own case.

but if GEJ was president, you folks would've forgotten the USA factor, right?

Buhari is a crook.. wake up man!!

Your future is at stake here..stop defending criminals..

No record of oil sales, yet you folks won't complain

raker300:
but if GEJ was president, you folks would've forgotten the USA factor, right?

Buhari is a crook.. wake up man!!

Your future is at stake here..stop defending criminals..

No record of oil sales, yet you folks won't complain

You obviously aren't conversant with my posts here. That why you'd accuse me of supporting crooks.

Read what I've written again and ask yourself just one question. Is it true or not. Now you've dragged Jonathan into this discussion.

I won't let you ruin my morning.

How many times will they be mobilized?

Sarrki Sarrki!!! Its nothing new naw, we've been reading and hearing about their mobilization since last year.

Osinbajo is working

Anybody who believes in this secind niger bridge can also believe my granma is 25

sarrki:



When we blame past administration you guys will

Call we the progressives all sort of names

We are made to believe that the bridge is nearing completion then


Thank you muhammadu Buhari

Long live Mr president

are we supposed to be celebrating mobilization of equipment to site or what? how many times will they do so. same way we celebrated Ogoni clean up and up till now nothing has been done to show for this much celebrated clean up exercise.

K

OK den

Chief Zombie Sarrki has gone mad again... Was dis not d same bridge u and ur Zombie generals claimed work was seriously ongoing on sometime ago?

CplusJason:
One thing i love about the Op is that, he never fails to present himself as a zombie publicly.






Keep it up sarrki, your pension/gratuity is been processed.



Sai baba.

SARRKI = APC

We've heard the cost for the bridge. Why not talk about its economic importance? I hope this is not another bid to embezzle sha?

Thought we were told that work has started already there sometime ago. And this news is telling us that they are mobilising. Before June, another news will have it that the contractors have moved in to site. APC actually made lies and propaganda very cheap.