President Bola Tinubu has approved over N3.9 trillion for 27 key infrastructure projects across 15 states. The multi-trillion naira investment aims to drastically upgrade the national transport network, enhancing economic connectivity and safety. The Minister of Works, David Umahi, announced the major decision on Monday following a Federal Executive Council meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. According to the minister, the extensive road interventions will span Adamawa, Benue, Cross River, Ebonyi, Ekiti, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Niger, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Taraba, and Yobe states.
A major highlight of the executive approvals is the re-award of a 409-kilometre dual carriageway project in Niger State. This specific contract was handed to businessman Aliko Dangote at a cost of N1.8 trillion under the Federal Government’s tax credit scheme. Additionally, the administration sanctioned N276 billion for the dualisation of the Ilorin-Ogbomoso Road, N265 billion to reconstruct the Iseyin-Eruwa-Agbesi Road linking Oyo and Kwara states, and N217 billion for dualising the old alignment from Ijaye through the Federal Government College to Ilorin Road, complete with a spur to Akinmorin.
Other high-value allocations feature N116 billion earmarked for the 21-kilometre Abakaliki-Afikpo Road in Ebonyi State, alongside N110 billion for the Ogbomoso-Oko Illupu Road traversing Oyo and Osun states. To address critical corridors in North-Central and South-West Nigeria, N104 billion was approved for rehabilitating Sections One and Two of the Ilorin-Omorin-Ebe-Kabba-Obajana Road, while N98 billion will fund the construction of the 30-kilometre Idi-Araba-Ayede-Olodo Road in Oyo State. Plateau State will also see a N92 billion injection for phase two of the Baban-Lamba-Sharan Road rehabilitation.
The federal infrastructure rollout further includes N86 billion each for the Enugu-Abakaliki Road reconstruction featuring a new flyover, and the Adikpo-Ajayi-Tese-Akpa Otukpo Road serving Benue and Cross River states. In the North-East, the Jimeta-Mayo Belwa Road in Adamawa secured N83 billion, while Oyo State gained approvals of N82 billion for the Igbeti Road rehabilitation and N74 billion for the Igbeti-Soro-Kishi Road construction. A N71 billion allocation will fund the 52-kilometre Dabban-Makina Road in Niger State, and N62.99 billion will construct the Tungo-Karamti Road, which includes five essential bridges connecting Adamawa and Taraba states.
Smaller but critical arterial routes were also funded, such as N58 billion for phase two of the Yola-Hong Mubi Road, N46 billion for the Amasiri-Okporojo Road, and N34 billion for the 18-kilometre Ikere-Ekiti-Ijare Road bridging Ekiti and Ondo states. Infrastructure structural additions include a N26 billion flyover on the Trans-Sahara Road, a N24.7 billion rehabilitation contract for the Kabba-Ifaki-Ado Ekiti Road, and a N21 billion flyover at the Oko-Olowo Junction in Kwara State.
Rounding off the approvals, N15.7 billion was cleared for the Pacific Road linking Igbe Laara to Ikorodu in Lagos, N15.5 billion for the 13-kilometre Badeku Jaiye Road in Oyo, and N15.246 billion for phase two of the Yola-Fufore-Gurin Road in Adamawa. Yobe State’s 32.2-kilometre Gashua Road project received a N15 billion contract augmentation. Beyond the newly approved finances, Umahi confirmed that the government has ratified the full business case for the operation and maintenance concession of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, ordering immediate concrete pavement reconstruction on its failed Ibadan sections. He concluded by revealing that the initial 118-kilometre stretch of the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano Highway has been completed at a value of N137 billion.
