We will complete all ongoing projects in three years – Fashola

Minister of Power, Works and Housing Babatunde Fashola has assured that the Federal Government would finish all ongoing projects within three years.  The minister made this statement on Saturday after inspecting work at the Loko-Oweto Bridge, over River Benue, which connects Loko and Oweto communities in Nasarawa and Benue, respectively. 

He said that the Federal Government would make funds available to pay contractors as soon as they delivered completed projects. 

According to him, “The Federal Government of Nigeria and President Muhammadu Buhari have expressed very clear commitment to finish the ongoing and abandoned projects.  “We are focusing on completion of ongoing projects; this is one of the many ongoing projects. Lagos-Ibadan expressway is one of them; Kano-Maiduguri is one of them; Ilorin-Jebba is one of them and the Second Niger Bridge is one of them. 

“All those projects now, the contractors are moving back to sites and work is beginning. Gradually over the next three years we would complete many of them’’, the minister said. Fashola expressed the confidence that the resumption of construction activities would stimulate expansion of infrastructure, create jobs and generate commercial opportunities for the people.