FG orders Julius Berger, RCC and Dantata&Sawoe to free submerged Lokoja-Abuja Road from flooding within 3 days!


 The Federal Government on Monday directed Julius Berger and two other construction companies to free the submerged Lokoja-Abuja Road from flooding within three days.

The Minister of Works, Mr Mike Onolememen, gave the directive in Lokoja when he paid a courtesy call on Gov. Idris Wada.

Onolememen described the flood as a disaster that deeply touched President Goodluck Jonathan because it affected key national structures and threatened the link between the northern and southern parts of the country.


"We are here on the behalf of President Goodluck Jonathan; he has been deeply touched by the sufferings of Nigerians affected by the flood; it is a national emergency.

"It has touched on key national infrastructure because the Abuja-Lokoja highway accounts for 70 per cent of traffic between the north and south’’, Onolememen said.

He said he also brought the managing directors of the three construction companies; Julius Berger, RCC and Dantata and Sawoe and their teams to assess the impact and address the situation.

According to him, the level of flood currently devastating the state has not been witnessed in the past 100 years.

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