- Dr. Lars Richter, the Managing Director of Julius Berger, guided Umahi during the inspection
The Second Niger Bridge has been officially handed over by the contractor, Julius Berger, to the Federal Government, marking a significant milestone in its completion, more than six months after its inauguration by the previous administration on May 23.
Addressing journalists after a thorough inspection of the bridge on Sunday, the Minister of Works, David Umahi, expressed his contentment with the accomplished work.
Dr. Lars Richter, the Managing Director of Julius Berger, guided Umahi during the inspection.
Umahi praised both the preceding and current administrations for their efforts in guaranteeing the successful conclusion of this crucial project.
He said, “We have light issues and we have put things together on how to permanently have lights restored, especially at night. What we have agreed is to deploy solar solutions in the coming weeks so that every night we don’t have to run diesel.
“The roads are going to be completed when we have completed the two inter-changes, one is taking us off from Asaba town to cut off the traffic and the other one is going to be done by Reynolds Construction Company Ltd to avoid Onitsha town and take you straight to Obosi.
“President Bola Tinubu is very committed to the project. We are going to acquire more, so that we can build service stations, filling stations, restaurants, supermarkets and other facilities as we see in the Western world.
“We are determined to do that, the need to do this with the interchanges is going to be a very smart one, so that over the years we can have a beautiful and maintained road.”
The Managing Director of Julius Berger, Richter, described Sunday’s event as a technical handover after the project which was inaugurated by former President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.