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…Lagos-Ibadan will also be completed
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), Uche Orji has said the second Niger bridge would be completed before the end of next year.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Orji made this disclosure while appearing on Arise TV morning show on Tuesday.
The CEO also disclosed that the “Lagos-Ibadan express road will be completed next year stressing that if not for Covid-19 pandemic both projects ought to be nearing completion now.
“As for the second Niger bridge, the decking has been completed and I am sure that before the end of the second or third quarter of next year the bridge will be completed.
“In the case of Lagos-Ibadan express road, the pandemic affected it also but we are sure it will be completed by next year.
“The challenges we have on the Lagos Ibadan road is that some private individuals have built structures obstructing the road but that is not insurmountable.
“Both legacy projects will be completed next year and as for funding I think we can take care of that”.
On the finances of NSIA in 2020 despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Orji said the authority had a beautiful year despite the pandemic hitting about N180.9bn.