The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola; The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, and the Chief Engineer of RCC Construction Company, Mr. Igor Zavodchiki, during the inspection of construction work on the Loko-Oweto Bridge Over River Benue on Thursday.
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Buhari Will Leave Legacy of Massive Infrastructural Development ,says Information minister

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President Muhammadu Buhari is making great efforts to leave a legacy of massive infrastructure development across the country, according to the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.
Mohammed said this on Thursday during a media tour of the 1.8-km Loko-Oweto Bridge across River Benue, along with the Ministers of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, and Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, Senator George Akume.
He said the inspection is part of the ongoing media tour of federal government infrastructure projects, which was kick-started two weeks ago with the tour of the Lagos Ibadan Standard Gauge Rail Project.
Mohammed disclosed that the bridge, which is being funded from the proceeds of the Sukuk Loan, is 97.3% completed.
He said the Loko-Oweto Bridge is part of a network that includes the 106-kilometre road from Oweto to Otukpo, which is completed, and the 76-kilometre road from the Loko end of the bridge to Nasarawa, which is at 20% completion stage.
“What this bridge is achieving is that it is linking the Northern part of the country and the Southern part of the country. Even though we call it Loko-Oweto Bridge, which is linking Nasarawa and Benue States, it goes further to link the South-South and the South East.
“The communities (some members of which welcomed the Ministers) have been able to highlight how this bridge has also helped in the area of curbing insecurity, as well as fostering integration and friendship between the two communities,” he said in a statement by Mr Segun Adeyemi, the Special Assistant on Media and given to Persecondnewsm
Mohammed said the government would continue to showcase to Nigerians how it is judiciously utilizing the loans it has taken to develop infrastructure across the country, instead of exchanging words with naysayers.
In his remarks, the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Fashola, explained that while the bridge itself has been completed, the link roads on both ends should be ready by the end of the year.
He said in addition to attracting development, the bridge will provide the needed infrastructure for the agrarian communities in the area to transport their farm produce to the market.
Fashola said the bridge is one of the 37 bridges across the country that are either being constructed or rehabilitated by the Federal Government, listing others as including the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos, the Second Niger Bridge, the Ikom Bridge in Cross River, the Murtala Mohammed Bridge in KotonKarfe, Kogi State, the Tatabu Bridge linking Niger and Kwara States, the Isaac Boro Bridge in Port Harcourt and the Tamburawa Bridge in Kano State.
Also speaking, the Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, Senator Akume called on the people of Benue and Nasarawa States to remain peaceful in order to attract more projects to the area.
Mr. Igor Zavodchiki, the Chief Engineer of the construction company handling the Loko-Oweto bridge, Mssrs RCC Nig. Ltd., pledged to deliver the project, including the approach roads, by the end of the year.
He said the second lane of the bridge has already been opened for vehicular movement.
The Loko-Oweto Bridge project consists of two dual-lane bridges, tagged Northern and Southern bridges.

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