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By Joel Anekwe
The Federal Government has assured that it would complete the Bodo- Bonny road with the expectation to improve the economy of Nigeria.
Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, gave the assurance during the inspection of the Bodo-Bonny/Port Harcourt-Aba roads project in Rivers State.
The minister who was represented by Engr. Yemi Oguntiminiyi, the director of High Way Construction and Rehabilitation said that the road project was one of the critical projects in the country that needs to be completed due to their economic importance in the country not only in Rivers State.
The Bodo-Bonny project commenced on October 2017, projected to be completed by August, 2022 with a contract sum of N120 billion, while the length of the road was about 35.68km, the total length of the bridge about 2,215.5 meters.
The contract period was about 58 months for completion which the company had put in about 11.21 percent of the work while the time-lapse remains about 31.58 percent completion.
The minister said that the Federal Government was making effort to ensure that the funding of the project would not stop, to enable the project to be completed within the time scheduled.
Managing Director of the Nigeria Liquefied Gas (NLNG), Mr Tony Attah, said that the company, in support of the Federal Government had contributed about 60 billion naira to ensure that the road would be completed.
He said that the executive order 007 signed by President Muhammadu Buhari had encouraged the company to do more work.
Also speaking Engr. Thomas Haug, the Julius Berger’s project manager for the Bodo- Bonny road project said that the road had to go about seven kilometers more to the swampy areas of Opobo channels and about 15 to 20 kilometers which made the construction of the road difficult.
Haug said that the company would proffer solutions to see that the project would be completed on time as soon as possible.
Engr. Charles Okoma, one of the directors of the ministry mentioned the three major challenges faced at the site that reduce the speed of the work as security and community challenge which arises from time to time.
Okoma appealed that a peaceful environment atmosphere should prevail between the community, and the companies involved in other to achieve the completion of the project within the time scheduled.
