Work stopped at the site because communities are demanding projects worth N500 million, while workers are seeking promotion and increase in allowances.
The Controller, Federal Ministry of Works in Anambra State, Adeyemo Ajani, has said the second Niger bridge may suffer a serious setback if the government does not intervene urgently in the crisis between the contractors and host communities as well as workers.
Ajani, in an interview with Daily Trust, said work had stopped on the second Niger bridge and if there is no quick intervention, it might affect the scheduled date of completion.
According to him, work stopped at the site because communities are demanding projects worth
N500 million, while workers are seeking promotion and increase in allowances.
N500 million, while workers are seeking promotion and increase in allowances.
The controller added that the project did not have any issues in terms of funding, but that the communities were trying to delay its completion.
Some communities from Anambra and Delta states stopped work at the site, alleging that the project manager "has not given them their dues".
Ajani, said, ‘‘Each community is demanding a project worth N50 million and by the time it is calculated, it will amount to N500 million. Where can such money come from?
"Even the Works Tender Board cannot approve that kind of money. It is only the government that can address it and that is why we are seeking its intervention”.
He noted that the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the communities and the contractors had yet to be signed due to the demands.
ADDITIONAL INFO: The River Niger Bridge in Onitsha (also known as the Onitsha Bridge), Anambra State, Nigeria connects southeastern Nigeria with western Nigeria over the River Niger. It is linked to Asaba in Delta State, Nigeria. Between 1964 and 1965, French construction giant, Dumez, constructed the Niger Bridge, to link Onitsha and Asaba in present-day Anambra and Delta States respectively at an estimated cost of £6.75 million. Construction of the bridge was completed in December 1965. It was commissioned by the then Prime Minister late Alhaji Tafawa Balewa and opened for traffic in December 1965. The commissioning of the bridge was the last public function of the Prime Minister before his assassination on January 15, 1966.
The Second Niger Bridge is so important for the economy of the South East and for the Nigerian economy, and of course, it’s not just the bridge, there are the access roads, which are also very important.
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Ikwuamaka Nwazuru
Agbero everywhere ! This is the price government have to pay 4 making education unattractive and unemployment yaga-yega, every where u go
Kenneth Onyebuchi
But endyson, where did you get this picture? Because the second Niger bridge I know has not in anyway neared this level of works. Or are you among the paid online bloggers assembled to confuse Nigerians and feed them with lies?
Okoh Daniel Daniel
Have you seen where our problems all started? At the end of the day, we shall all blame Government, accuse them of not responding to our cries. Whereas, we are always the architecture of our predicaments.
"What a sick generation!", I thought!
My eyes weeps, and my heart bleeds for NIGERIANS!
"What a sick generation!", I thought!
My eyes weeps, and my heart bleeds for NIGERIANS!
Sulaiman Bala
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