Nigeria: 2nd Niger Bridge Suffers Setback

15 June 2009

Abuja — The proposed plan to construct another bridge across the River Niger at Onitsha through a Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) at N58 billion has suffered a major setback. This followed the inability of the project's principal partners - the Federal Government, Anambra and Delta States and the construction firm, Gitto Nigeria Limited, to reach agreement on some of the contractual issues.

THISDAY checks revealed that the parties to the project are yet to put final seal on the terms of the concession agreement more than three years after the bridge project was initiated.

...

AllAfrica publishes around 400 reports a day from more than 100 news organizations and over 500 other institutions and individuals, representing a diversity of positions on every topic. We publish news and views ranging from vigorous opponents of governments to government publications and spokespersons. Publishers named above each report are responsible for their own content, which AllAfrica does not have the legal right to edit or correct.

Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica. To address comments or complaints, please Contact us.