The Federal Government has ordered the opening of the second Niger Bridge for use starting from midnight. The Minister of Works, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola SAN stated this yesterday while inaugurating the bridge for use for one month during the yuletide. Fashola who took a walk round during the inspection counselled road users plying the bridge to drive safely and responsibly in order not to defeat the purpose of the project. The minister points out that the President Muhammad Buhari’s purpose of completing the bridge was to save lives and alleviate poverty occasioned by waste of many hours resulting from the gridlock on the first Niger Bridge. The president also approved that since the bridge is finished that we should create an access road so that during the christmas you can begin to experience what it would feel like plying the bridge and will be happy to see users drive safely and responsibly while using the bridge during Christmas and New year seasons. Fashola added that the bridge would be officially opened by twelve midnight Thursday December 15 to January 15, 2023. The maximum speed limit allowed on Nigeria roads is 100 Kilometres per hour and don’t drive 101 Kilometres per hour. Fashola added that the bridge would be officially opened by twelve midnight Thursday 15, 2022 to January 15, 2023. The minister said let me be clear again we haven’t finished construction work on the bridge and by January 15, 2023 we would reverse that movement for those coming from east to the west.
FG Opens Second Niger Bridge, warns against speeding
