Tag Archives: Road projects

The South east Governments have been tasked on the need to build concrete roads that would last about 15 to 18 years before developing cracks and potholes. A civil engineer who retired from the Enugu State Ministry of Works, and currently the site Engineer at the HELIU Residences, Enugu, Engr. Fred Okoli gave this advice in an interview shortly after ...

A group of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) indigenes, Abuja Original Inhabitants Youth Empowerment, have called on the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) to extend the ongoing rehabilitation of 10.2 kilometers Abaji-Rubochi road, to Kuje main town. In a statement signed by its president, Commander Isaac David, which was made available yesterday, the group noted that if the road project was ...

The Nigerian cabinet has approved over N34 billion naira for the execution of various road projects across the country. Minister of Works, Power, and Housing, Babatunde Fashola disclosed this to Journalists on Wednesday soon after this week’s cabinet meeting, Chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari. The Minister, who presented four memos at the weekly cabinet meeting said, “The memos presented for ...

Gombe State Governor, Dr. Ibrahim Dankwambo Friday, July 6, 2018, commissioned some projects executed by his Delta State counterpart, Sen. Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, using the exercise to urge northerners living in the state to obey the culture and norms of the people. Dankwambo who commissioned Abavo Circular Road, Abavo phase 1 with a spur to Ogbekile Street in Ika South ...

Ogun State – In its drive at revitalizing the economic activities at Agbara – Igbesa axis, Ogun State government is partnering with a private firm, China- Africa Investment for the reconstruction of the 10-kilometre Lusada-Igbesa road. The reconstruction of the single carriageway is being done through Public-Private-Partnership(PPP). The road projects come with median, street lights, drains and walkway facilities. Speaking ...

Alhaji Abdulrahman Musa, the Governor of Taiwa in Niger Republic, has commissioned two road projects in Sokoto State, as part of activities to mark the third years of Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal in office. The roads projects included the 3.2-kilometre township asphalt road along NNPC Mega Station to Salame/Mabera axis at the cost of N175 million, and less than 1 ...

The Governor of Jigawa State, Abubakar Badaru, on Monday recalled that when he was inaugurated in 2015, he received a voluminous document detailing huge debts and uncompleted capital projects worth N31.3 billion in the state. “The first day I went through the handover note submitted to me by the then PDP administration, I felt like running away because of the ...

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo on Wednesday demanded a refund of N33 billion from the Federal Government, being money the state spent on reconstruction and rehabilitation of federal roads in the state. Ajimobi made this demand while receiving a federal government’s delegation to the state, led by the Minister of State for Power, Works and Housing, Suleiman Zarma in Ibadan, ...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has disclosed that the Federal Government has invested close to 10 billion dollars in infrastructure development in the last three years. Speaking on Tuesday at the opening session of the Direct Investors Summit Nigeria, the vice president said the investment which focused on road projects, power and a new national rail network, was unprecedented. He said: ...

The federal government is seeking alternative funding for the rehabilitation of the Lagos-Ota-Abeokuta road, having realised that budgetary provisions would lead to the repair work being abandoned again. The Director, Federal Highways, South West, Busari Olalekan, an Engineer, who represented the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola at the resumption of rehabilitation of the road, recently, assured ...