The Federal Government has directed the Ministry of works to probe the cost and conditions surrounding the second Niger bridge project Daily Post reports.
Project of the 2nd Niger Bridge. Photo: SaharaReporters
According to Leadership Newspaper, the project had been estimated to be about N130 billion out of which the immediate past administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan said it spent N10 billion as at January this year.
The Director General of the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), Aminu Diko, disclosed this while speaking with State House correspondents after making presentations to President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
He said: “The second Niger Bridge is one of the projects that we discussed with the President. We did say yes it is in the commission for regulatory oversight. We have been discussing the transaction with the ministry of works. But before it can be finalized, the commission has to give a certificate of compliance, but we haven’t given that because we have seen a lot of issues that we are uncomfortable with.
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“We are talking with the ministry of works for them to correct it. The communities around that area are clamouring that their lands have been taken and that they have not been compensated adequately.
We are not saying that something has not been done properly but we need to be convinced that these few problems are sorted out properly. We will also talk about the actual cost of the bridge, we have asked the ministry of works to review it and justify how much the project should cost,” he added.
Meanwhile the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation in Nigeria, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure he hastens the completion of the second Niger Bridge in Anambra state.
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