{"id":52976,"date":"2021-10-11T13:18:10","date_gmt":"2021-10-11T12:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=52976"},"modified":"2021-10-11T13:18:10","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T12:18:10","slug":"2nd-niger-bridge-lagos-ibadan-expressway-to-be-completed-before-2023-buhari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/2nd-niger-bridge-lagos-ibadan-expressway-to-be-completed-before-2023-buhari\/","title":{"rendered":"2nd Niger Bridge, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway To Be Completed Before 2023 \u2014Buhari"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Monday, said the 11.9km Second Niger Bridge and the 120 km Lagos-Ibadan Expressway will be completed before his regime ends in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Buhari also assured that other key projects under the Presidential Infrastructure Development Fund will be completed in the same period.<\/p>\n<p>The President gave the assurance at the opening of a two-day Mid-Term Ministerial Performance Review Retreat organised to assess progress made towards the achievement of the nine key priorities of his regime.<\/p>\n<p>At the event, Buhari highlighted some of the notable achievements of the Federal Government in the last two years, mostly in areas of infrastructure, transportation, economy, electricity supply, the petroleum industry, among others.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\u2018\u2018On transportation, we are growing the stock and quality of our road, rail, air and water transport infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2018The PIDF projects are also advancing remarkably. These include the 11.9km Second Niger Bridge, 120 km Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, 375 km Abuja \u2013 Kaduna \u2013 Zaria \u2013 Kano Expressway and the East-West Road. Most of these projects are expected to be completed within this 2nd term of our Administration,\u2019\u2019 he was quoted by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Monday, said the 11.9km Second Niger Bridge and the 120 km Lagos-Ibadan Expressway will be completed before his regime ends in 2023.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":52977,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,17],"tags":[9104,1859],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-52976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-business","category-news","tag-2nd-niger-bridge","tag-lagos-ibadan-expressway"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - 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