Second Niger Bridge ready for commissioning: FG

The Federal Government on Wednesday said that work on the Second Niger Bridge is completed and now ready for commissioning.

Briefing State House correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council, (FEC) meeting, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said that the contractor handling the project will hand over on May 20.

Alhaji Mohammed, who stood in for the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, said that the Second Niger Bridge will be commissioned soon.

He said, “The Second Niger Bridge is ready for commissioning. The contractor will hand it over on 20th of this month, it will be commissioned soon after.”