The Federal Government has announced during the Federal Executive Council meeting; list of Federal Roads to be constructed or reconstructed across the six geo – political zones of the country.
The news however, is that despite the number of dilapidated roads in Southern Nigeria, particularly South East, the Federal Government only deemed it necessary to oblige the whole of Southern Nigeria a paltry less tan 300km of the 2,314.95km of the roads awarded, giving the rest to the Northern Nigeria
Read breakdown :
North Central:
Dualization of Ilorin-Jebba-Mokwa/ Bokani Junction road Section 1: Illorin-Jebba, Kwara State C/NO. 6468. 110.8km
Dualization of Ilorin, Jebba-Mokwa/Bokani junction Road Section II: Jebba-Mokwa-Bokani junction in Kwara and Niger states. C/NO.6469. 46 km
Dualization of Suleja-Minna road, Niger state. C/O. 6077. 40km
Dualization of Suleja-Minna Road, Niger State PhaseII (Km 40+000-101+000) C/NO 6267. 61km
Reconstruction of Bida-Lambata Road, Niger state C/NO.6372. 125km
Agaie-Katcha-Baro Road, Niger State 52.3km
Emergency repairs of failed section of Mokwa-Makera-Tagina-Kaduna state border in Niger state. 164km
Minna-Zungeru Minna-Zungeru-Tagina road, Niger state. 90km
Bida-Minna road, Niger state. 791.1km
Northeast:
Rehabilitation of Cham-Numan section of Gombe-Yola road in Adamawa state. 46.35km
Construction of Bali-Serti road in Taraba state. 110km
Rehabilitation of Gombe-Biu road in Gombe/Borno state. 117km
Northwest:
Rehabilitation of outstanding sections of Gada-Zaima-Zuru-Gamji road Phase II in Kebbi State 62km.
Rehabilitation of Zaria-Funtua-Gusau-Sokoto-Birnin Kebbi. 221.5km
South East:
Dualization of Aba-Ikot Ekpene road in Abia/Akwa Ibom states. 73km
Rehabilitation of Umuahia (Ikwuano)-Ikot Ekpene road: Umuahia-Umudike in Abia state. 49km
South South:
Rehabilitation of Odukpani-Itu-Ikot Ekpene road in Cross River state Section I: Odukpani-Itu Bridge Head in Cross River/Akwa Ibom states. 21.9km
Dualization of outstanding portion of Odukpani-Itu-Ikot Ekpene: lot 2. 32km
Dualization of Oku-Iboku Power Plant Section of the Odukpani-Itu-Ikot-Ekpene road in Cross River/Akwa Ibom state. 28km
South West:
Rehabilitation and expansion of Lagos-Badagry Expressway (Agbara Junction-Nigeria/Benin border) in Lagos state. 62km
Dualization of Ibadan-Ilorin road (Route A2) Section II in Oyo state (Oyo-Ogbomosho). 52km
@Peter Agba Kalu
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