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Former Minister of Information, Prof. Dora Akunyili, called on Federal Government to name proposed second Niger Bridge after late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu- Ojukwu.
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South-East states on Wednesday extracted a commitment from the Federal Government that the construction of the second Niger Bridge would start by the end of the first quarter of 2013.
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Minister of Works, Mr. Mike Onolememen, announced Julius Berger AIMS Consortium as preferred bidder for construction of the Second Niger Bridge that is to connect Delta and Anambra states. Five construction firms took part in the bidding process, but Julius Berger AIMS Consortium won.
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Dr Tim Anosike, President of Onitsha Chamber of Commerce, warned that Niger Bridge might collapse sooner than envisaged by its designers and engineers.
Anosike said that bridge was being overburdened by daily traffic gridlocks and had to carry tens of trucks with goods of thousands tonnage each day. -
Anambra State government has decried the continued dredging of sand, currently going on, under the River Niger bridge, a development that has become a source of worry for both the government and people of the state.
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The MD, Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority, Mr. Uche Orji, said construction of Second Niger bridge and rehabilitation of Lagos Ibadan Express road are to be part financed from Nigeria Sovereign Wealth Fund. disclosed this at a press briefing in Abuja.
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After many years of delay, President Goodluck Jonathan formally kick-started work on Second Niger Bridge in Onitsha, Anambra State. The 1,590- metre long bridge which would form part of 11-kilometre Onitsha by-pass project will be completed in four years.
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Former Vice President, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, says flag off of construction of second Niger Bridge by President Jonathan was belated, “as the project ought to have been completed before now.”
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House of Reps ask FRSC Corps Marshal, Osita Chidoka, to move his men to existing Niger bridge, Onitsha, pending the completion of the second bridge.
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Importers in Nigeria commend Federal Government for choosing Julius Berger Nigeria Plc to construct Second Niger Bridge project.