Former military head of state, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, fondly known as IBB, has said the life of Nigerians was made easier by his administration through the construction of the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos.
In a tweet on Saturday, May 12, Babangida said back then, Lagosians were going through a lot of difficulties when commuting to the island from the mainland.
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He said his government decided to approve the construction to make life easier for Nigerians in Lagos state.
Read IBB's tweet below:
Meanwhile, the federal government said on Thursday, May 10, in Abuja that it had committed N300 billion so far on road infrastructure compared to only N18 billion which the previous administration spent.
Babatunde Fashola, the minister of power, works and housing, said this during the 4th Quadrennial Delegates Conference of Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) with the theme: road infrastructure in Nigeria: impacts on petroleum products distribution, The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
He said that the government had identified six priority areas of road that needed urgent attention.
The minister noted that there was no state in the country where road construction or rehabilitation was not currently ongoing, adding that 300 roads across Nigeria were under construction.
A ride on the Abuja-Kaduna railway on NAIJ.com TV
Source: Naija.ng