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Spent the last few days traveling in the SS and SE, visiting FG #Infrastructure projects. What I saw makes me very hopeful about the future of Nigeria.
High point: getting on a boat on River Niger, to watch the amazing work JB is doing on the new Bridge.
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High point: getting on a boat on River Niger, to watch the amazing work JB is doing on the new Bridge.
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So my #infrastructure journey in the last one week:
Port Harcourt—Ogoniland (Bonny-Bodo Bridges)—Afam (240MW Afam Fast Power Plant—Aba (Ariaria Market Electrification Project—Onitsha/Asaba (Second Niger Bridge)—Warri (Delta Ports)—Itakpe (#ItakpeWarriRail)
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Port Harcourt—Ogoniland (Bonny-Bodo Bridges)—Afam (240MW Afam Fast Power Plant—Aba (Ariaria Market Electrification Project—Onitsha/Asaba (Second Niger Bridge)—Warri (Delta Ports)—Itakpe (#ItakpeWarriRail)
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The 1st site I visited: the Bonny-Bodo Bridges and Road Project in Ogoniland
Scope: 3 main bridges (across Afa Creek, Opobo Channel & Nanabie Creek) + Road —38km Total — connecting Bodo on Mainland to Bonny Island
Flagged-off by @ProfOsinbajo Oct2017, ~40 years after conception
Scope: 3 main bridges (across Afa Creek, Opobo Channel & Nanabie Creek) + Road —38km Total — connecting Bodo on Mainland to Bonny Island
Flagged-off by @ProfOsinbajo Oct2017, ~40 years after conception
PHOTOS: Ongoing Construction Work on the Second Niger Bridge linking Onitsha in Anambra and Asaba in Delta, across the River Niger (Comprises 1.6km Bridge and 10.3km Highway). 641 personnel onsite.
[Work currently ongoing in Onitsha - Site/Main Yard; high water levels in Asaba].
[Work currently ongoing in Onitsha - Site/Main Yard; high water levels in Asaba].
PHOTOS: Nnamdi Azikiwe Mausoleum, Onitsha, Anambra, abandoned by previous governments, is now being completed by the @MBuhari Administration.
See this story from 2011: N125m Fraud Rocks Zik’s Mausoleum (plus photos of the previously abandoned project) igbonews.co.uk/States--Link/A…
See this story from 2011: N125m Fraud Rocks Zik’s Mausoleum (plus photos of the previously abandoned project) igbonews.co.uk/States--Link/A…
Contract first awarded 1996, the year Zik died and was buried.
2011: “The eldest son of Zik, Mr. Chukwuma Azikiwe alleged that officials of the Federal Ministry of Works looted the money marked for the completion of the abandoned mausoleum.” igbofocus.co.uk/html/n125m_fra…
2011: “The eldest son of Zik, Mr. Chukwuma Azikiwe alleged that officials of the Federal Ministry of Works looted the money marked for the completion of the abandoned mausoleum.” igbofocus.co.uk/html/n125m_fra…
