Fashola reveals what will happen when Loko-Oweto-Otukpo road is completed

Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, says construction of Loko-Oweto Bridge across River Benue has offered shorter route for travellers, reduced travel hours and facilitated redistribution of wealth in the local communities.

Mrs Boade Akinola, Director of Press, disclosed this in a statement on in Abuja on Sunday.

According to the statement, Fashola made the remark on the bridge during an inspection tour to the project with his counterparts from ministries of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Relations Minister, Sen. George Akume.

“It provides a shorter route cutting off about four to five hours.

“For someone coming from Cross River to Abuja by road, ordinarily will have to go from Calabar to Ikom, Ogoja to Katsina-Ala and then join Markudi, come through Lafia then Keffi and Akwanga into Abuja; but now you have a bifurcation through Oweto to Nasarawa.

“Apart from the Loko-Oweto bridge project, works are going on at the 2nd Niger Bridge, the Ikom Bridge and 37 other bridges across Nigeria are being constructed, repaired or rehabilitated by the Ministry,” he said.

Fashola said some of the bridges being constructed, rehabilitated and repaired were: the 3rd Mainland Bridge in Lagos, the Murtala Mohammed Bridge in Koton Karfi and the Isaac Boro Bridge in Port Harcourt.

Others were Chanchangi Bridge in Niger state, linking Niger and Ilorin and the Tambuwara Bridge in Kano.

“This government in spite of limited resources and having to borrow is simply doing almost the near impossible in terms of infrastructure.

“Mr President continues to give his support and commitment to infrastructure. His understanding of the purpose of infrastructure for growth and development is very clear,” Fashola said.