The federal government says the Lagos-Ibadan expressway will
be commissioned next month.
Mu’azu Sambo, minister of state for works and housing,
disclosed this on Thursday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria
(NAN) in New York.
Sambo added that the Second Niger Bridge will be
commissioned in October.
On October 11, President Muhammadu Buhari said the Second
Niger Bridge, Lagos-Ibadan expressway, and other key projects under the
Presidential Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF) will be completed before
2023.
Last month, Babatunde
Fashola, minister of works and housing, said the Second Niger Bridge was at a
91 percent completion rate.
According to Sambo, Buhari has handed over 941 km of road
projects between November 25 and December 13, 2021, to connect 10 states in
five geo-political zones.
“The Second Niger Bridge that has alluded every
administration will be commissioned in October by President Muhammadu Buhari
and Lagos-Ibadan highway that has deferred previous administrations will be
commissioned in June,” Sambo said.
“They represent critical infrastructure necessary to develop
a country and its people, for them to be able to get on with their lives in an
easy and convenient way.
“President Buhari clearly understands the necessity to
invest in infrastructure, not just to support a growing population but as an
economic driver.
“It is, therefore, not surprising that, through the federal
ministry of works and housing, we are managing over 1,019 contracts involving
958 bridges and road projects.”
The minister also said the federal government is also
constructing houses in 34 states of the federation, citing about 6,000 housing
units nationwide so far.
He added that infrastructure is the bedrock of development
as it covers all the sectors of life.
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