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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Olukayode Popoola, has confirmed the postponement of plans to partially close the Falomo Bridge in Victoria Island for repairs by the federal government.<\/p>\n

Popoola told NAN on Sunday, that the decision to suspend rehabilitation works, was reached after a meeting with relevant stakeholders.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter consultations with relevant stakeholders, we decided to postpone the rehabilitation work.<\/p>\n

\u201cA new date would be announced for the partial closure and commencement of repair works soon,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He apologised to drivers and members of the public for inconveniences caused by the shift in date for the repairs.<\/p>\n

Popoola on Friday night announced a plan to partially close the Falamo Bridge, for six-week rehabilitation work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Olukayode Popoola, has confirmed the postponement of plans to partially close the Falomo Bridge in Victoria Island for repairs by the federal government. Popoola told NAN on Sunday, that the decision to suspend rehabilitation works, was reached after a meeting with relevant stakeholders. \u201cAfter consultations […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":39051,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28,14,26],"tags":[1570,2140,3403,254],"class_list":["post-39052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-falomo-bridge","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"\nFG postpones Falomo bridge closure - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Olukayode Popoola, has confirmed the postponement of plans to partially close ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fg-postpones-falomo-bridge-closure\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FG postpones Falomo bridge closure\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Olukayode Popoola, has confirmed the postponement of plans to partially close ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fg-postpones-falomo-bridge-closure\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-03-14T17:54:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/img-604e499409bd7.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"728\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fg-postpones-falomo-bridge-closure#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fg-postpones-falomo-bridge-closure\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"FG postpones Falomo bridge closure\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-14T17:54:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fg-postpones-falomo-bridge-closure\"},\"wordCount\":125,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fg-postpones-falomo-bridge-closure#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/img-604e499409bd7.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Falomo Bridge\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"Policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fg-postpones-falomo-bridge-closure#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fg-postpones-falomo-bridge-closure\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fg-postpones-falomo-bridge-closure\",\"name\":\"FG postpones Falomo bridge closure - 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