…as Tinubu directs reconstruction of ‘failed’ section of Lagos–Badagry
…approves N34bn for Gboko airstrip
The Federal Government has approved the operation and maintenance concession of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway under a Public-Private Partnership arrangement.
- …as Tinubu directs reconstruction of ‘failed’ section of Lagos–Badagry
- …approves N34bn for Gboko airstrip
Minister of Works, Senator Dave Umahi, disclosed this on Monday while addressing State House correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council meeting.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu also directed the reconstruction of the failed Lagos-Badagry Expressway section using reinforced concrete technology after safety concerns over the deteriorating pavement.
Another approval sought by the Ministry of Works and secured by FEC was the reconstruction of about 409 kilometres of critical federal roads using reinforced concrete under the tax credit scheme, with a total value of ₦1.8325 trillion.
According to the Works Minister, “the Council also approved 23 road projects across 10 states — including Adamawa, Taraba, Ebonyi, Kwara, Cross River, Kogi, Lagos, Niger, Oyo and Plateau — with a combined value of approximately ₦2.78 trillion.”
FEC also approved the revision of a 32.2-kilometre road project from about ₦14 billion to ₦15 billion due to what the Works Minister described as rising construction material costs.
Also briefing journalists, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo (SAN), revealed that his ministry secured “the approval for the construction and development of the Boko airstrip in Benue State and it was graciously approved by council.”
According to Keyamo, the airstrip, approved at the sum of N34 billion, when completed, will “serve as an important hub for agricultural activities around the middle belt, and also in particular for security agencies who have had to look, search for airstrips and bases to confront the challenges they are facing around that axis. It will also be a base for humanitarian activities and emergency medical services.
“That is how important that area is. And we thought it was important to put an airstrip there to confront and address these challenges of government. So we got the gracious approval of council for the construction of the Boko Airstrip.”