Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Works and Housing, has said that the people of Rivers state under president Muhammadu Buhari’s administration have immensely benefited from his giants infrastructural developments.
Fashola disclosed this in a statement signed by the ministry’s spokesperson, Mrs Blessing Adams-Lere on Thursday.
While positing that the President has demonstrated commitment to infrastructure development in all the regions of Nigeria, The Minister who was on an inspection tour of the Bodo-Bonny project in Rivers, said that N200 Billion historic 37.9 km single-carriageway road project with nine bridges has reached a 70 per cent level of work.
He also disclosed that Nigerians would be able to use the Bodo-Bonny Road by December 2023 when the project would be completed.
He further assured that funding has been made available to ensure its completion even when the tenure of the President expires.
He said, “It is instructive to point out that this very project is being executed by the Federal Government.
“I hear some people comment that the Federal Government is not doing anything in Rivers State.
“Bodo and Bonny are in Rivers State. This is a 200 Billion Naira investment in one state.
“The amount is not the issue but the short and long-term significance of the project is addressing the problem of poverty and how to lift people out of poverty.
“This place was also engulfed in conflict but this project has brought about peace and stability among the communities that are now working together.
“I can say that for the first time in human civilization and the history of mankind, people can actually walk on their way between Bodo and Bonny communities and it is almost done.”
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