Hope of reduction of the hardships being
experienced by motorists and travellers along the Lokoja-Abuja
highway brightened on Thursday.
An engineer with the Gitto
Construction Company (one of the construction giants) Mr. Ajani Adeyemo
told journalists in Lokoja on Thursday that the road which was
diverted as a result of the flood would be completed on Thursday night.
Ajani Adeyemo said they were working
assiduously to complete the job, adding that by Friday (today) the
road would be ready for motorists and other road users to use.
A heavy rainfall on Thursday stalled the construction of an alternative route to the flooded Abuja-Lokoja Road.
Gitto Construction Company, which is
handling the project, had sand-filled a part of the flood road and also
channelled a bye-pass by cutting a swathe through the bush.
Construction work had progressed to an
appreciable level on Wednesday and motorists were hopeful that the
bye-pass would be completed on Thursday.
An overnight downpour however slowed the progress of construction work and shifted the completion time by another 24 hours.
The Federal Government had on Wednesday
directed the opening of the bye-pass in the belief that the road would
be completed by Thursday.
Minister of Works, Mr. Mike Onolemenen,
stated this after the Federal Executive Council meeting presided over
by Vice-President Namadi Sambo.
He said, “What we’ve been doing since
yesterday (Tuesday) morning is that around the flooded area, we
identified a bye-pass which we have created.”
Stranded motorists expressed
disappointment with the delay, and urged the company to consider their
sufferings and work around the challenges it was facing.
Source: Punch
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