Minister of Works Senator Dave Umahi disclosed that the full rehabilitation of Lagos’ Third Mainland Bridge cost a total of ₦43 billion, stating: “The total contract sum for the rehabilitation of the bridge is N43 billion.”

The project covered 14km × 14m across both carriageways, including concrete rebuilding and repainting, expansion joint replacements, and solar lighting installation.

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Umahi clarified that the newly inaugurated CCTV surveillance centre Nigeria’s first of its kind, equipped with 240 solar panels, air-conditioning, inverters, a 300KVA transformer, standby generator, monitoring screens, a surveillance boat, and two Hilux vans cost no more than ₦2.5 billion, quoting: “The cost of the CCTV centre is not more than N2.5 billion.”

The minister explained that upon assuming office in 2023, the administration found the bridge in poor condition, noting: “When we came on board in 2023, we met a very terrible Third Mainland Bridge, both on the pavement surface, infrastructure above the water and even infrastructure below the water. This prompted President Tinubu’s directive: The President, therefore, directed the total re-evaluation and rehabilitation of the surfaces of the Third Mainland Bridge and the replacement of the expansion joints.”