FEDERAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL APPROVES WORK ON A SECOND NIGER BRIDGE

The Federal Executive Council has given the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing the go ahead to proceed works on the second Niger Bridge.

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), briefed State House correspondents about the meeting in which President Buhari was present.

Fashola said the bridge was initially conceived as a Public-Private Partnership.

He said, “The bridge is meant to give relief to the existing Niger Bridge and improve connectivity between the West and the East.

“The project was conceived first as a PPP with government financing but negotiations had not been concluded and it is important to continue to work there.”