Minister of Works, David Umahi has disclosed that President Bola Tinubu approved 27 road projects worth over N3.9 trillion across 15 states.

The Minister disclosed this on Monday while addressing journalists shortly after the Federal Executive Meeting at the stage House Abuja.

The projects cover Adamawa, Benue, Cross River, Ebonyi, Ekiti, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Niger, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Taraba, and Yobe states.

See details below:

1. N1.8 trillion for the re-award of the 409-kilometre dual carriageway project in Niger State under the tax credit scheme to Aliko Dangote.
2. N276 billion for the dualisation of Ilorin-Ogbomoso Road.
3. N265 billion for the reconstruction of Iseyin-Eruwa-Agbesi Road in Oyo State and Kwara State.
4. N217 billion for the dualisation of old alignment Ijaye to FGC to Ilorin Road with a spur to Akinmorin.
5. N116 billion for the 21km Abakaliki-Afikpo Road in Ebonyi State.
6. N110 billion for the Ogbomoso-Oko-Illupu Road in Oyo and Osun States.
7. N104 billion for the rehabilitation of sections 1 and 2 of the Ilorin-Omorin-Ebe-Kabba-Obajana Road in Kwara and Kogi States.
8. N98 billion for the construction of 30km Idi-Araba-Ayede-Olodo Road in Oyo State.
9. N92 billion for the rehabilitation of Baban-Lamba-Sharan phase 2 Road in Plateau State.
10. N86 billion for the reconstruction of Enugu-Abakaliki Road with a flyover.
11. N86 billion for the Adikpo-Ajayi-Tese-Akpa-Otukpo Road in Benue and Cross River State.
12. N83 billion for the Jimeta-Mayo Belwa Road project in Adamawa State.
13. N82 billion for the rehabilitation of Igbeti Road in Oyo State.
14. N74 billion for the construction of Igbeti-Soro-Kishi Road in Oyo State.
15. N71 billion for the construction of 52km Dabban-Makina Road in Niger State.
16. N62.99 billion for the Tungo-Karamti Road with 5 bridges between Adamawa and Taraba States.
17. N58 billion for the rehabilitation of Yola-Hong-Mubi Road phase 2.
18. N46 billion for the Amasiri–Okporojo Road.
19. N34 billion for the 18km Ikere-Ekiti-Ijare Road in Ekiti State and Ondo State.
20. N26 billion for the new flyover on the ongoing Trans-Sahara Road.
21. N24.7 billion for the rehabilitation of Kabba-Ifaki-Ado Ekiti Road in Kogi State to Ekiti State.
22. N21 billion for the flyover bridge at Oko-Olowo Junction in Kwara.
23. N15.7 billion for the construction of Pacific Road linking Igbe Laara to Ikorodu in Lagos State.
24. N15.5 billion for the 13km Badeku-Jaiye Road in Oyo State.
25. N15.246 billion for phase 2 of the Yola-Fufore-Gurin Road project in Adamawa State, covering 20km after the completion of the 17km first phase.
26. N15 billion for the augmentation for a 32.2-kilometre road project in Gashua, Yobe State, which was originally awarded in 2022.
27. Full business case for the operation and maintenance concession for the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and the directive to commence reconstruction of the failed sections of the Ibadan axis using concrete.

The Minister also disclosed that the first 118km section of the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano Highway, valued at N137 billion, has been completed.