Minister of works and housing, Babatunde Fashola, has said the second Niger bridge will be completed in April.
Fashola, who disclosed this on Tuesday during an inspection tour of the bridge, said the high-tension transmission lines across the bridge will be relocated leading to power disruptions in the area for two weeks.
According to the minister: “April is the completion date. Earlier, I had said it will end in February or at the latest, end of the first quarter,”
“Before now, some people said there was no bridge, but now we are walking on the bridge. This is real now. Plus or minus, when we cross the Ts and dot the Is, we will complete it as promised — 11kms and 12kms on both sides of the bridge.
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“Power will be shut down for two weeks to enable the generating and transmission companies as well as the ministry of power to work seamlessly on the project.
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“We plead that those affected will cooperate as nobody will be shut out permanently.”
