The Minister of Transport, Sa’idu Alkali, has revealed that the Federal Government has completed 135 road projects across Northern Nigeria to enhance transportation, improve economic activity, and ease the movement of goods and people.
Alkali made this known during his presentation on infrastructure development at a two-day Interactive Session on Government-Citizens’ Engagement, held on Wednesday in Kaduna.
The event, themed “Accessing Electoral Promises: Fostering Government-Citizens’ Engagement for National Unity,” was organised by the Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation.
According to the minister, an additional 216 road construction projects are currently underway in the region, while 312 road maintenance projects have already been completed, and 50 others are in progress.
“Legacy projects cutting across various states are also ongoing,” Alkali said.
“These include the Sokoto–Badagry Superhighway, Lagos–Calabar Coastal Highway, Calabar–Abuja Superhighway, and the Akwanga–Jos–Bauchi–Gombe Road.”
In the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) alone, Alkali said 14 road projects have been completed and inaugurated.
He also listed other completed infrastructure in the FCT, such as the Greater Abuja Water Supply Network Project, the construction and rehabilitation of numerous primary and secondary schools, and the commissioning of three world-class bus terminals.
“President Bola Tinubu has approved the construction of mega bus terminals in each of the six geopolitical zones of the country,” he added.
Speaking further, the minister noted that road construction, rehabilitation, and expansion efforts were ongoing nationwide under the Renewed Hope Agenda.
Alkali also announced that the Federal Government had secured financing for the full development of the Aba–Maiduguri corridor, which passes through Borno, Yobe, Gombe, Bauchi, Plateau, Kaduna, Nasarawa, and Benue States.
He disclosed that the old Lagos–Kano Narrow Gauge railway has been rehabilitated, and freight services linking Apapa Port to the Kano Inland Dry Port have resumed.
