ABUJA- As part of activities to mark his three years in office, the Minister of Power, Works & Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola said the federal government is presently repairing 53 critical roads across the country before the Christmas.

Fashola at a press briefing in Abuja Monday said the federal government is working round the clock to ensure that Nigerians not only see but feel the current administration’s provision of the necessary infrastructure including roads, power and housing. “The Ministry staff have identified 53 critical roads requiring intervention while construction is going on in order to move traffic and we will be working with our contractors to provide relief gangs.”. He also said his Ministry is collaborating with the Federal Road maintenance Agency, FERMA, and the Federal Road safety Corps, FRSC, to make sure that this year’s yuletide season is traffic free and smooth roads The Minister, however, added that 9 camps and 18 health zones would be mounted on major highways while he had ordered that no directors in the Ministry of Works is allowed to travel or go on leave before and during the yuletide season. “We are also deploying the Zonal Directors to their zones of responsibility until this period of peak traffic subsides.” He said President Muhammadu Buhari has since inception of office increased budget of the Ministry’s mandate from N18.1billion in 2015.

Why 2nd Niger Bridge is delayed....
The Minister also attributed the delay behind the slow pace of work on the N206billion 2nd Niger Bride by Julius Berger Nigeria. He said the depth of water in the river was not what the contractor could contain, adding that the water level cannot be above 15 feet deep for them to work. “During peak raining season it slows down their work because really you need divers to go under this is what it takes to build a bridge. So at the height of that raining season when there was flooding, work will slow down.” They can work only about 15 meters depth of the River Niger Bridge, with the massive flooding that we have now it must be about 30 meters. So if you are doing 30 meters of water that is height of a 10 Storey building so they need to wait for it to come down. According to him, “As the raining season ends you will see more activities there. Construction is not subject only to money, materials, and transportation it is also

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booblacain:
Why give us the impression that it was almost complete in the first place?

Nbote:
Hehehe... Wait ooo, isn't it d same 2nd Niger bridge Sarrki, ButterflyLeo, Deomelo and their gang of ZonBs all claim to b steadily progressing quite well

Racoon:
Excuses, blame game and buck passing for more than three years in the hands of this unfortunate govt.filled with scammers and fraudsters in the history of the Nigerian nation.

Guess It's the same bridge your government have been lying shamelessly about since inception but just ironically made a budgetary provision for ystdy? Continue the lies.You've no iota of shame.

hisgrace090:
Let them start work on it immedietly at least now that rainy season is rounding up.

Portharcourt Enugu and Enugu Onitsha high way needed more effort to make them motorable during this season.

I will not fail to appreciates the ones you have put in place.

Omeokachie:
I thought they sent BMCs to come cause a nuisance on NL on how they were about to commission this project just a few months ago!


Anyway, BMCs don't have a mind of their own, they are told what to say and do, and they just go to work!
Reason why their other title is "zombie"