 The Minister of Works and Housing Babatunde Fashella has said the construction of a new double-lane bridge on the border between Nigeria and Cameroon will facilitate free trade. Fashella said this while inspecting the newly constructed 1.5-kilometre two-lane bridge on the border between Nigeria and Cameroon in Écote-Mfong, a Tongue local government area of Cross River. Construction of the bridge began on April 28, 2017 and is completed in March 2021 at a cost of $35.9 billion. Funding of the project was provided by both countries and according to the Minister, the construction of the bridge would also strengthen Henry Aitok Chairman Aitok local government area, set the people we are pleased with what the federal government had done.