The Minister of Works, David Umahi has assured Nigerians that work is ongoing on the Sokoto-Badagry Superhighway project as the first 120km is being constructed in Sokoto State.
The minister disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Lagos State.
“It has been procured, and work is going on by Hitech, using concrete. Then, you have the Kebbi section, 250km. Work is also going on there.
“We believe strongly that we will be able to have about 20km in both sections to be commissioned by May 29, 2025,” Umahi said, noting that the Federal Government was sure that it would also inaugurate the first 20km in section one and 10km in section two of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway on May 29, 2025.
The minister commended President Bola Tinubu’s intervention in project funding despite his interventions in other critical priority sectors of the economy.
Umahi also praised Tinubu’s vision of initiating legacy projects that would connect the critical economic corridors and boost the transport ecosystem in the six geo-political zones of Nigeria.
“The president has given very serious attention to road infrastructure. This coastal highway and, of course, the four legacy projects, all have train tracks incorporated.
“The construction of the train track for this section I will take off in 2025, and we believe strongly that the president is going to give Nigerians the road infrastructure that they have been yearning for,” Umahi assured.
He said the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway would accommodate landmark features that would add value to its socio-economic potential.
“We are going to plant trees and, of course, we are going to also have some lay bay.
“We can decide that in every five kilometres, we have a lay bay where we connect all our CCTV cameras, and then, we have vehicles and the security within the cabin there, so that the response time will be like 10 minutes,” he said.
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