The Second Niger Bridge will be open for usage beginning at midnight on Thursday, per an order from the Federal Government.
This was announced on Wednesday by the Minister of Works, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, SAN, during the inauguration of the bridge, which would be open for usage for one month during the Yuletide.
During the inspection, Fashola took a stroll across the bridge and urged everyone using it to drive cautiously and sensibly to avoid undermining the project’s intended usage.
The minister emphasized that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd. ), wanted to complete the bridge in order to save lives and reduce poverty brought on by the loss of numerous hours due to traffic congestion on the previous First Niger Bridge.
The Second Niger Bridge will be open for usage beginning at midnight on Thursday, per an order from the Federal Government.
This was announced on Wednesday by the Minister of Works, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, SAN, during the inauguration of the bridge, which would be open for usage for one month during the Yuletide.
During the inspection, Fashola took a stroll across the bridge and urged everyone using it to drive cautiously and sensibly to avoid undermining the project’s intended usage.
The minister emphasized that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd. ), wanted to complete the bridge in order to save lives and reduce poverty brought on by the loss of numerous hours due to traffic congestion on the previous First Niger Bridge.
He said, “A lot of people have talked about a solution but the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration decided to build the bridge whatever it took. So, wherever the funds came from, investment income, from our oil assets, repatriation of some funds that were stolen out of Nigeria came in from the US.
“The result is now what we see. When people are talking about poverty, the biggest part of it is not the monetary poverty, is the multidimensional poverty.
“When you spend two to three days trying to cross a bridge, that’s poverty, because it should take just a few minutes so that you can go and do more productive things.
“The President approved that since the bridge is finished that we should create an access road so that during Christmas you can begin to experience what it would feel like plying the bridge.
“The maximum speed limit on Nigerian roads is 100km per hour. Don’t drive 101km per hour. The President will be happy to see users drive safely and responsibly while using this road especially during this Christmas and New Year seasons. The President wishes you a merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
“It would be open for traffic going from the west to the east from the 15th Dec, 2022- 15th January 2023.
“Let me be clear again; we haven’t finished construction work on the bridge but we would open it for people to use to relive the pressure from the one bridge. On the January 15, 2023, we would reverse that movement for those coming from the east to the west.”
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