President Bola Tinubu has approved 27 road projects valued at more than N3.9 trillion across 15 states as part of the Federal Government’s ongoing efforts to improve road infrastructure nationwide.
The Minister of Works, David Umahi, announced the approvals on Monday while briefing journalists after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
According to Umahi, the projects will be executed in 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, 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.
Other approved projects include 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–Ebe–Kabba–Obajana Road in Kwara and Kogi states, N98 billion for the construction of the 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.
Umahi further disclosed that the FEC approved 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 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, N71 billion for the 52-kilometre Dabban–Makina Road in Niger State, and N62.99 billion for the Tungo–Karamti Road, including five bridges connecting Adamawa and Taraba states.
The council also approved N58 billion for the rehabilitation of Phase Two of the Yola–Hong–Mubi Road, 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 ongoing Trans-Sahara Road, N24.7 billion for the rehabilitation of the Kabba–Ifaki–Ado Ekiti Road connecting Kogi and Ekiti states, and N21 billion for the construction of a flyover at Oko-Olowo Junction in Kwara State.
Other projects approved include 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 State, covering an additional 20 kilometres, and N15 billion as augmentation for the 32.2-kilometre Gashua Road project in Yobe State, which was originally awarded in 2022.
Umahi also announced that the Federal Executive Council approved the full business case for the operation and maintenance concession of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. He added that reconstruction of failed sections along the Ibadan axis would commence using concrete pavement.
The minister further revealed that the first 118-kilometre section of the Abuja–Kaduna–Kano Highway, valued at N137 billion, has been completed.
