The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has disclosed at a media briefing on Monday in Abuja, that 37 of bridges were undergoing maintenance and repairs that had been long over due for decades.
He expresses his delight that there is at least one road or bridge project in every state of the federation.
He made this known by saying “the 2nd Niger Bridge, which the previous administration had built on paper several times, is almost ready for delivery”.
In addition to the 2nd Niger Bridge, the minister said the administration had built or repaired the Ikom Bridge in Cross River, Loko-Oweto Bridge in Nasarawa, Ibi Bridge in Taraba and Bamenda-Mfun Bridge linking Nigeria and Cameroon.
He said the administration also built or repaired Chanchangi Bridge along Takum-Wukari road in Taraba, Koton-Karfe Bridge in Kogi, and Bodo Bonny road/Bridge in Rivers.
Mohammed said the Buhari administration had already delivered the 26.27km Nnewi-Uduma Road, Sections I and II in Enugu and Ebonyi and the 100.08km Kano-Maiduguri Road Section II (Shuwarin-Azare) in Jigawa and Bauchi.
According to the minister, the 106.34km Kano-Maiduguri Road Section III (Azare-Potiskum) in Bauchi and Yobe States, the 24km Vandeikya-Obudu Cattle Ranch Road Phase I and II in Benue and Cross River as well as the 304km Sokoto-Tambuwal-Jega-Kontagora-Makera roads had been delivered.
He also went further by adding that “We are proud that in our time, Nigerians are once again able to travel by rail, this time in total comfort and safety.
