The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Works,
Dr. Abubakar Muhammad, on Monday urged Nigerians, especially users of the
Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, to be patient with the contractors handling the
reconstruction of the road – as they had already been mobilised to site.
Reacting to the complaint of inactivity on the
road, Muhammad said the contractors were tiding up the necessary modalities
while carrying out site clearing to ensure quality and speedy work.
The Federal Government had contracted the
reconstruction of the Lagos-Sagamu section of the road to Julius
Berger Nigeria Plc, while it awarded theSagamu-Ibadan section to
Reynolds Construction Company.
Muhammad spoke in an exclusive interview with
newsmen in Ilorin on the sidelines of the 20th National Council of Works with
the theme, ‘Reforming the road sector for sustainable economic
development.’
He also said arrangements for the commencement of
work on the Second Niger Bridge had been concluded.
The permanent secretary said it was just left for
the consortium handling the project to mobilise to site and kick-start the
project, adding that work would soon commence on the bridge.
Muhammad said, “Work on the Lagos-Ibadan
Expressway has started because it was inaugurated by President Goodluck
Jonathan. That road is in two sections. The contractors are mobilised to site
and work is under way.
“Work has to start on a skeletal basis as the
contractors cannot start full force or 100 per cent. They must start from
clearing of the road. The way it is now, there are certain areas they must
remove. So, the work has started in earnest because the ministry has made sure
that some mobilisation was done for the contractors.
“Anxious
Nigerians who want speedy completion of the road should be patient, and very
soon, they will see much progress on that road.”
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