The Federal Government has temporarily opened the Second Niger Bridge on Thursday, December 15, 2022 for use by vehicle owners. This is a big one and certainly a 3-point added to the score card of the president Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, 2015-2023.
Earlier, last week, the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola had disclosed that the 1.6 kilometers Bridge linking Anambra and Delta states would be open to traffic from December 15, 2022, to January 15, 2023, to ease the experience of travellers during the festive period.
Inspecting the new Nigerian bridge on Thursday, Mr Fashola in the company of his team advised road users plying the bridge to drive safely and responsibly in order not to defeat the purpose of its construction
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Report by Vanguard states the history of the Second Niger Bridge as follows:
“The Second Niger Bridge was first proposed during the 1978/79 political campaign by then-candidate Shehu Shagari of the National Party of Nigeria (NPN).
“In August 2012, the Federal Executive Council under then-President Goodluck Jonathan’s approved a contract worth N325 million for the final planning and design of the bridge.
“The project continued under President Muhammad Buhari, who had first cancelled the earlier contract in August 2015 to resume the contract on September 1, 2018.”