Niger Tragedy: Umahi sets up emergency committee to rehabilitate Lambata–Bida Road

By John Alechenu, Abuja

The Minister of Works, Engr. David Umahi, has established an exigency committee to collaborate with contractors for contiguous palliative enactment connected the damaged sections of the Lambata–Bida Road successful Niger State.

This followed a tanker detonation astatine Essa Village, CH.97+000, on the Lambata–Lapai–Bida Road, which claimed respective lives.

In a connection issued successful Abuja connected Thursday by his Special Adviser connected Media, Orji Uchenna Orji, the Minister conveyed his condolences to the families of the victims, arsenic good arsenic to the Governor and radical of Niger State.

The connection said the committee was formed “in furtherance of the result of the Minister’s gathering with the delegation of National Assembly members from Niger State, and his discussions with the Governor of Niger State and the President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, connected contiguous involution connected the affected road.”

Umahi directed the committee to determination to Niger State without hold and enactment with the contractor, CGC Nigeria Limited, to transportation retired palliative rehabilitation connected the road.

The Minister noted that the task was initially funded by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), but pursuing the company’s withdrawal from specified backing schemes nationwide, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had directed that each ongoing projects antecedently financed by NNPCL beryllium reviewed and presented to him.

According to Orji, the Ministry has completed the reappraisal of each specified projects and volition contiguous its findings to the President adjacent week.

He added, “The Minister calls connected each contractors handling the project, particularly those who person generated outgo certificates, to instrumentality to tract arsenic payments are expected to statesman successful November 2025.”

Umahi reaffirmed the committedness of the Renewed Hope medication to delivering durable roadworthy infrastructure nationwide, promoting sustainable economical growth, and ensuring lasting benefits for aboriginal generations.

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