FG re-awards link roads to second Niger Bridge

The  federal government has approved the re-award of the two linking roads of 2nd Niger Bridge linking to Asaba- Benin and Enugu-Onisha dual-carriageways. In a statement, the government also approved that Section III of Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway  be started on the Cross River- Akwaibom  axis of the superhighway and for the East West Road to […]

The  federal government has approved the re-award of the two linking roads of 2nd Niger Bridge linking to Asaba- Benin and Enugu-Onisha dual-carriageways.

In a statement, the government also approved that Section III of Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway  be started on the Cross River- Akwaibom  axis of the superhighway and for the East West Road to be given accelerated attention.

The Minister of Works, Engr David Umahi CON, made this disclosure when he received  a delegation  of South South Caucus of the 10th Assembly, Federal House of Representatives, who paid him a courtesy visit at the ministry’s headquarters Mabushi, Abuja on 5th February, 2025.

The minister said he was humbled by  the visit of the caucus and  their expression  of burning  desire  to collaborate with the Federal Ministry of Works and to support  the life changing initiatives of the Renewed Hope administration which has come to change the ugly narrative of  years of road failures, deficiencies and insufficiencies.

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Speaking  on the Renewed Hope Legacy Projects, he said the government will finish the Lagos-Calabar 700 kilometres, “and with your support and of course, by God’s special grace, the miracle of the second tenure will still come to pass, and so we have time to get this project fully completed.

“I have no apologies when I say that we need time to get this project completed because he that has started this good work, God will give him time to finish it, and it will be a catalyst for economic growth.”

The minister solicited for the support  of the federal legislators and their respective constituencies to draw  forth a sense  of responsibility among the contractors handling projects in their domains.

He reiterated  the directive  of Mr President  that non-performing contracts on federal roads be terminated and assured that by the time the vision of Mr President in the works sector is fully accomplished,  Nigeria would achieve  enviable milestones in economic growth and prosperity.

Presenting his mission statement on behalf  of the South South Caucus in the Federal House of Representatives, the leader of the caucus  who doubles as the leader of Bayelsa State caucus, Hon. Agbedi Yeitiemone Frederick, PhD, said their visit was to engage the works ministry on the state of the roads in South South which the present administration inherited and to seek government’s decisive action on the projects  being  delayed by contractors in the area.