South East governors have agreed to name the Second Niger Bridge after President Muhammadu Buhari.
The Special Assistant to the President on Digital Communications, Bashir Ahmad, announced this on Tuesday via his Twitter handle.
According to him, the bridge will now be called Muhammadu Buhari Bridge.
Ahmad tweeted: “The Second Niger Bridge is to officially be called/known as MUHAMMADU BUHARI SECOND NIGER BRIDGE.”
DAILY NIGERIAN reports that the bridge is being commissioned today alongside six other legacy projects completed by the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing across the country.
Femi Adesina, a presidential spokesman, had in a statement said the legacy project comprised three major bridges, three Federal Secretariats and a road.
The statement said, “the historic event will be headlined by the Second Niger Bridge, which was conceptualized in 2005.
“In 2014, there was an attempt to begin the project through Public Private Partnership (PPP), but this was not successful. The construction began in 2016 with the Presidential Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF).
“Others are the Loko-Oweto Bridge across River Benue to link Benue to Nasarawa State and the Ikom Bridge in Cross River State while the Road project is the completed Section of the over 200 kilometres of Kano-Kaduna Dual Carriage Expressway and three new Federal Secretariats.
“The first of the Federal Secretariats at Awka is located at Executive Business District Layout, Awka South Local Government Area, Anambra State and is situated on a 5.106 Hectares of land.
“The project was first awarded on 9th December, 2011 but was practically completed and taken over by the Ministry of Works and Housing on 14th July, 2022.”
