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President Bola Tinubu has approved 27 major road infrastructure projects worth more than N3.9 trillion across 15 states, in what the Federal Government described as a significant boost to Nigeria’s transport network and economic development.
The Minister of Works, David Umahi, disclosed the approvals after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in Abuja.
According to him, the projects will be executed across Adamawa, Benue, Cross River, Ebonyi, Ekiti, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Niger, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Taraba and Yobe states.
The largest approval is the N1.8 trillion re-award of the 409-kilometre dual carriageway project in Niger State under the tax credit scheme to businessman Aliko Dangote.
Other key approvals 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; and N217 billion for the dualisation of the old alignment from Ijaye to FGC to Ilorin Road, including a spur to Akinmorin.
The council also approved N116 billion for the 21-kilometre Abakaliki-Afikpo Road in Ebonyi State; N110 billion for the Ogbomoso-Oko-Ilobu Road connecting Oyo and Osun states; and N104 billion for the rehabilitation of Sections One and Two of the Ilorin-Omu-Aran-Egbe-Kabba-Obajana Road traversing Kwara and Kogi states.
Other projects approved include the N98 billion construction of the 30-kilometre Idi-Araba-Ayede-Olodo Road in Oyo State; N92 billion for the rehabilitation of the Baban-Lamba-Sharan Phase Two Road in Plateau State; N86 billion each for the reconstruction of the Enugu-Abakaliki Road with a flyover and the Adikpo-Ajayi-Tese-Akpa-Otukpo Road linking Benue and Cross River states.
Additional approvals cover the N83 billion Jimeta-Mayo Belwa Road project in Adamawa; N82 billion for the rehabilitation of Igbeti Road in Oyo State; N74 billion for the Igbeti-Soro-Kishi Road; 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.
The FEC 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 Ikere-Ekiti-Ijare Road linking Ekiti and Ondo states; N26 billion for a new flyover on the Trans-Sahara Road; and N24.7 billion for the rehabilitation of the Kabba-Ifaki-Ado Ekiti Road connecting Kogi and Ekiti states.
Other projects include a N21 billion flyover bridge at Oko-Olowo Junction in Kwara State; N15.7 billion for the Pacific Road linking Igbe Laara to Ikorodu in Lagos State; N15.5 billion for the Badeku-Jaiye Road in Oyo State; N15.246 billion for Phase Two of the Yola-Fufore-Gurin Road project in Adamawa; and N15 billion augmentation for the 32.2-kilometre Gashua Road project in Yobe State, initially awarded in 2022.
The council further approved the full business case for the operation and maintenance concession of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and directed the immediate reconstruction of failed sections of the Ibadan axis using concrete pavement.
Umahi also announced that the first 118-kilometre section of the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano Highway, valued at N137 billion, had been completed.
He added that construction of the remaining 164-kilometre section was progressing steadily and is expected to be completed in November.
The minister said the projects reflect the Tinubu administration’s commitment to modernising the country’s road infrastructure, improving connectivity, facilitating trade and enhancing economic growth across the federation.
