Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, says the Federal Government is committed to finishing all ongoing projects within three years.
Fashola gave the assurance on Saturday after inspecting work at the Loko-Oweto Bridge over River Benue. The bridge connects Loko and Oweto communities in Nasarawa and Benue respectively.
He said the Federal Government would make funds available to pay contractors as soon as they delivered completed projects.
Fashola expressed the confidence
that the resumption of construction activities would stimulate expansion of
infrastructure, create jobs and generate commercial opportunities for the
people.
Enewz reports that the Loko-Oweto
Bridge contract was awarded to RCC Nig. Ltd. in November 2011 at N36. 1 billion
with original completion date of Nov. 15, 2015.The project was stalled in 2014 due to lack of funding and currently, at a revised contract sum of N51.6 billion, the project is scheduled for completion in 2018.
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