Works Minister, Engr. David Umahi, has said that President Bola Tinubu is committed to developing every part of the country with fairness and equity.
Umahi was responding to Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso’s claim that
President Tinubu’s administration is marginalising the North in road
infrastructure development, saying it is absolutely false, misleading, and
self-serving.
He stated that, as Minister of Works, he has verified facts
to prove otherwise, adding that the four legacy projects of President Tinubu
demonstrate a commitment to fairness and equity.
In a statement he personally signed on Friday and made
available to journalists in Abakaliki, the minister listed the legacy projects
to include: Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, 175 km ongoing (South);
Sokoto-Badagry Superhighway, 378 km ongoing (North); Trans-Sahara Road, 118 km
ongoing in Ebonyi State (South); and Akwanga-Jos-Bauchi-Gombe Road, redesigned
and ongoing (North).
Umahi disclosed that, in these projects, the North has 52%
and the South has 48%. Moreover, ongoing projects in the North include
Sokoto-Zamfara-Katsina-Kaduna Road, 275 km dualised, ₦824 billion;
Abuja-Kaduna-Kano Road, 350 km dualised, ₦764 billion; BUA Tax Credit Road, 256
km dualised; Jigawa-Katsina-Kano Northern Bypass, 49 km; and other projects in
Borno, Kebbi, Benue, and Kogi states.
In contrast, major ongoing projects in the South include the
completion of Lagos-Ibadan Expressway; completion of Lagos-Sagamu
Road–Oyo-Ogbomoso-Ilorin Road; and repairs of Carter Bridge, Third Mainland
Bridge, and Eko Bridge, as well as other projects in the Southeast and
South-South regions.
He assured that he would publish a comprehensive list of
ongoing projects next week, including those above ₦20 billion.
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