Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has commended Julius Berger Plc for delivering the Rebisi flyover bridge in Port Harcourt, earlier than its scheduled time, describing the construction giant as top-class in quality project delivery.
The contract for the construction of the project, Wike said, was awarded to Julius Berger Nigeria Plc on October 8, 2019. The contract was later signed on October 18 and construction works flagged off October 24, 2019, with a 16-month schedule for completion, delivery and commissioning for the use of the public.
A satisfied Governor Wike at the commissioning of the flyover bridge on Saturday, November 7, 2020, said “Julius Berger which the whole country knows for its high quality, impeccable construction works and lasting engineering standards, has completed and delivered this infrastructural masterpiece for the beneficial use of our people, and Julius Berger has achieved this success a whole four months before the project’s scheduled date of delivery. I can therefore say Julius Berger is top-class and matchless in project delivery.
If we have more funds, we will very well give more projects to this company”.
Wike added the Rebisi flyover project was one of five such flyover bridges initiated by his administration simultaneously and with Julius Berger as a contractor.
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“I made a promise to my people. I have fulfilled that promise. So many people doubted and said it was not going to be possible. When you make a promise, you fulfil that promise.
The governor, placing a wellfounded empirical reliance on Julius Berger’s commitment and performance of contracts, stated that “by December, Okoro Nobo (former Rumuokoro) flyover would be commissioned, while in February 2021, the Rumuagbari (former Artillery) and Rumuola flyovers would be commissioned and GRA flyover would also be commissioned by March/April 2021”.
The Rivers State governor at the event declared his unrelenting commitment to continue his implementation of people-oriented projects, promising the construction of a sixth flyover along the Aba Expressway in Port Harcourt.
Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, the special guest of honour, inaugurated the Rebisi dual carriage flyover bridge, which has a 969.4 metres’ length and a width of 17.6 metres.
Fashola commended Wike for what he described as a “massive urban regeneration and renewal programme of the Rivers governor”. The minister, who toured the entire length of the bridge, said: “such development efforts would promote peace, tourism and return Port Harcourt to its Garden City status”. Fashola noted that the country’s development must transcend the limitations of politics, and said: “ministers have President Buhari’s mandate to support the developmental initiative and aspiration of every state in the country”.
