The lawmakers say the project has the potential to boost economic activities and accessibility in Rivers State.
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Works, Senator Barinada Mpigi, gave the directive during an inspection visit to the project site, as part of the committee’s nationwide oversight functions on federal road infrastructures.
The 39-kilometre Bodo-Bonny Road, flagged off in 2017 through a partnership between the Federal Government and the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG), is expected to connect Bonny Island—an oil and gas hub currently accessible mainly by sea—to the mainland.
Members of the Senate Committee on Works during inspection of Bodo-Bonny Road on Friday, April 4, 2025.
The lawmakers say the project has the potential to boost economic activities and accessibility in Rivers State.
The inspection visit marked the beginning of the committee’s two-day working tour of federal road projects in the Niger Delta. During stopovers at strategic sections of the project, members of the committee, including the Deputy Chief Whip of the senate, Senator Onyekachi Nwaebonyi and Senator Victor Umeh, frowned at the delay and urged the contractor to be accurate and deliver on schedule.