The Federal Executive Council (FEC) Wednesday approved N200.176 billion for the construction of link-roads connecting the second Niger Bridge to Asaba and Onitsha.
This was disclosed by the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola, at the end of the weekly FEC meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
“For the link-road that connects the second Niger Bridge to Asaba and Onitsha. The Asaba link-road was awarded to Julius Berger and the Onitsha link-road was awarded to RCC Construction at the total cost of N200.176 billion.
“So, this completes essentially the access road that will link the bridge in the short time. You might recall that these roads were under-designed when the bridge was awarded.
“So, it is this administration that completed the design and we now awarded them so that you can have a bridge that has link-roads. This was awarded initially under a Public Private Partnership (PPP) and the bridge in 2010 administration,’’ he said.
Also speaking, Minister of State for Education, Mr Emeka Nwajuba, said the council approved N915 million for the construction of Faculty of Environment at the University of Abuja.
The minister said the council also approved another N918 million for the construction of Faculty of Education at the University of Abuja.