President Bola Tinubu has approved 27 road projects worth over N3.9 trillion across 15 states as part of the Federal Government’s efforts to improve road infrastructure nationwide.
The Minister of Works, David Umahi, disclosed this on Monday while briefing journalists after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
Umahi said the projects will be executed across Adamawa, Benue, Cross River, Ebonyi, Ekiti, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Niger, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Taraba and Yobe states.
Among the approvals, the council re-awarded the 409-kilometre dual carriageway project in Niger State under the tax credit scheme to businessman Aliko Dangote at a cost of N1.8 trillion.
Other major projects approved include N276 billion for the dualisation of the Ilorin-Ogbomoso Road, N265 billion for the reconstruction of the Iseyin-Eruwa-Agbesi Road linking Oyo and Kwara states, N217 billion for the dualisation of the old alignment from Ijaye through the Federal Government College to Ilorin Road with a spur to Akinmorin, and N116 billion for the 21-kilometre Abakaliki-Afikpo Road in Ebonyi State.
The council also approved N110 billion for the Ogbomoso-Oko-Illupu Road spanning Oyo and Osun states, N104 billion for the rehabilitation of Sections One and Two of the Ilorin-Omorin-Egbe-Kabba-Obajana Road in Kwara and Kogi states, N98 billion for the construction of the 30-kilometre Idi-Araba-Ayede-Olodo Road in Oyo State, and N92 billion for the rehabilitation of the Baban-Lamba-Sharan Phase Two Road in Plateau State.
According to the minister, FEC further approved N86 billion each for the reconstruction of the Enugu-Abakaliki Road with a flyover and the Adikpo-Ajayi-Tse-Akpa-Otukpo Road traversing Benue and Cross River states.
Additional approvals include N83 billion for the Jimeta-Mayo Belwa Road in Adamawa State, N82 billion for the rehabilitation of Igbeti Road in Oyo State, N74 billion for the construction of the Igbeti-Soro-Kishi Road in Oyo State, N71 billion for the 52-kilometre Dabban-Makina Road in Niger State, and N62.99 billion for the Tungo-Karamti Road with five bridges linking Adamawa and Taraba states.
Umahi said the council also approved N58 billion for the rehabilitation of the Yola-Hong-Mubi Road Phase Two, N46 billion for the Amasiri-Okporojo Road, N34 billion for the 18-kilometre Ikere-Ekiti-Ijare Road connecting Ekiti and Ondo states, N26 billion for a new flyover on the ongoing Trans-Sahara Road, N24.7 billion for the rehabilitation of the Kabba-Ifaki-Ado Ekiti Road linking Kogi and Ekiti states, and N21 billion for the construction of a flyover at Oko-Olowo Junction in Kwara State.
Other projects approved by the council include N15.7 billion for the Pacific Road linking Igbe Laara to Ikorodu in Lagos State, N15.5 billion for the 13-kilometre Badeku-Jaiye Road in Oyo State, N15.246 billion for the second phase of the Yola-Fufore-Gurin Road project in Adamawa State, covering an additional 20 kilometres, and N15 billion as augmentation for the 32.2-kilometre Gashua Road project in Yobe State, originally awarded in 2022.
The minister also announced that FEC approved the full business case for the operation and maintenance concession of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and directed the immediate reconstruction of failed sections along the Ibadan axis using concrete pavement.
Umahi further disclosed that the first 118-kilometre section of the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano Highway, valued at N137 billion, has been completed.
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