President Bola Tinubu has approved 27 road infrastructure projects valued at more than N3.9 trillion across 15 states as part of the Federal Government’s efforts to improve the nation’s road network.
Minister of Works, David Umahi, disclosed the approvals on Monday while briefing journalists after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
According to Umahi, the projects are spread across Adamawa, Benue, Cross River, Ebonyi, Ekiti, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Niger, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Taraba and Yobe states. Among the major approvals is the re-award of 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.
The council also approved N276 billion for the dualisation of the Ilorin-Ogbomoso Road and N265 billion for the reconstruction of the Iseyin-Eruwa-Agbesi Road linking Oyo and Kwara states. Other key projects include 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.
Additional approvals include N110 billion for the Ogbomoso-Oko-Illupu Road linking Oyo and Osun states, N104 billion for the rehabilitation of Sections One and Two of the Ilorin-Omorin-Ebe-Kabba-Obajana Road across 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.
The Federal Executive Council also approved N86 billion each for the reconstruction of the Enugu-Abakaliki Road with a flyover and the Adikpo-Ajayi-Tese-Akpa-Otukpo Road traversing Benue and Cross River states. Other projects approved 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.
Further approvals cover 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.
The council also approved N15.7 billion for the construction of 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 Phase Two of the Yola-Fufore-Gurin Road project in Adamawa State, and N15 billion as augmentation for the 32.2-kilometre Gashua Road project in Yobe State, originally awarded in 2022.
Umahi further disclosed that the council 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.
The minister also announced the completion of the first 118-kilometre section of the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano Highway, valued at N137 billion, describing it as a major milestone in the Federal Government’s ongoing road infrastructure programme.
