The vice president, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, has reaffirmed the federal government’s commitment to early completion of the 2nd Niger Bridge at Onitsha.
Speaking on Friday, May 3 during inspection tour of the project, Osinbajo underscored the economic importance of the bridge in series of tweets from his official twitter handle @ProfOsinbajo thus: “The Second Niger Bridge is very important for the economy of the South-East and the Nigerian economy as a whole.
“I had the privilege of visiting the bridge from the Asaba end. The fascinating thing as we were told by the engineers is how much work goes into just the piling.”
Osinbajo who started the inspection from Asaba axis with the governor of Delta State, Dr. Ifanyi Okowa and the minister of power, works and housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola said the bridge is important for the economy of the southeast and the Nigerian economy as a whole.
Describing the quality of work, Osinbajo tweeted: Each one of the piers is the equivalent of an 18 storey building in the ground and there are about 1,000 – 1,300 workers hard at work to bring the project to a reality.
It is the firm commitment of President @MBuhari that this project be completed as quickly as it can.
The vice president also visited Eke-Awka market in Anambra State where he briefed the traders on the prospects of TraderMoni.
He said the scheme is a component of the four focal project of Social Investment Programme of the government.
He tweeted: “TraderMoni is a distinct loan product that seeks to boost the informal sector by enumerating and empowering traders with loans. We are in Eke-Awka market, Anambra State to monitor the progress.
“Providing credit to small business owners is one of the focus of our SIProgrammes.
“TraderMoni is a distinct loan product that seeks to boost the informal sector by enumerating and empowering traders with loans.”
