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The Minister of Works, Engr. Dave Umahi, has revealed that the Lagos-Badagry Expressway undergoing rehabilitation and expansion into six lanes has been targeted for completion by April.

Umahi disclosed this during an inspection tour of the highway project on Thursday.

Umahi said that the 46km stretch of highway, which is the first section of the ECOWAS Road to Seme Border and Abidjan, would be ready for inauguration by President Bola Tinubu to commemorate his second year in office in May.

The minister said that the contractor handling the project had been paid N50 billion out of the N71 billion total contract sum.

According to him, the contractor has demonstrated a high capacity to deliver the project by the set timeline.

Umahi said, “The contractor has been paid about N50 billion; it means that what is left to complete the job is N21 billion.

“We have scheduled a meeting with the contractor to discuss how to finalise the remaining four to five kilometres before April 20.”

Umahi also said that the second section of the foad terminating at Seme Border would be done with concrete pavement.

He said that a proposition would be made for the Border States to complete their sections of the ECOWAS highway project, terminating at Abidjan.

The minister of works commended the President for working on about 270 inherited projects across the country.

He said the projects were earmarked for inauguration in May.

NwaAmaikpe:




How can we be celebrating the expansion of roads in an era where other countries have suboceanic road tunnels, supersonic trains, shuttles in space, humanoids, medical advances and super-suspended extra-long mountain bridges?

And to think we've not even achieved 24hours of constant electricity, or functional ambulance services makes the sad reality of our dear country struggling to catch up with other country's long forgotten past.

A country where it's leaders inaugurate petty road construction is worse than a village in Benin Republic.

Putindbutt:
Wow, so this road is going all the way to Abidjan, we already have one from Cross River to Cameroon, another one from Enugu to Bamenda in Cameroon. So, why the noise over the Katsina -Maradi road?. Nigerians are hypocrites.

TimeManager:
May is a month of Commissionin. God bless Jagaban, God bless Nigeria.


-Kiss the truth!

zero8zero:
Your opinion is inconsequential. These are your white masters commissioning and Inspecting road projects in their countries. Typical black slaves hating on themselves.

ValarDoharis:
This road was started in 2010 and it will not be completed in 2025. Forget their propaganda

Umahi said that the 46km stretch of highway, which is the first section of the ECOWAS Road to Seme Border and Abidjan, would be ready for inauguration by President Bola Tinubu to commemorate his second year in office in May.

TimeManager:
He's ignorant, he is talking about supersonic, suboceanic, humanoid, bla bla bla.. Ask him the budgets of those countries compared to Nigeria's budget. We're gradually fixing our long battered system. Anybody that wants a SubAtlantic road or a flying train should open a Trust fund for the FG. Better soup na money kill am.


-Kiss the truth!

Putindbutt:
If you had sense, you will read and understand. I don't have the time for wailers.

zero8zero:
Your opinion is inconsequential. These are your white masters commissioning and Inspecting road projects in their countries. Typical black slaves hating on themselves.

zero8zero:
Jagaban no dey make noise, projects go choke in May. God bless Umahi.

Believeintruth:
Oga shut up. This is an Ecowas project that has been in since 2009

NwaAmaikpe:




How can we be celebrating the expansion of roads in an era where other countries have suboceanic road tunnels, supersonic trains, shuttles in space, humanoids, medical advances and super-suspended extra-long mountain bridges?

And to think we've not even achieved 24hours of constant electricity, or functional ambulance services makes the sad reality of our dear country struggling to catch up with other country's long forgotten past.

A country where it's leaders inaugurate petty road construction is worse than a village in Benin Republic.

DesChyko:
What do they mean by unveiling? 😂😂 Anyone plying that route knows that's a project that has been funded for over 15 years. So, what total did they pay? 🤷🏾‍♂️



Then you went ahead to post to post a picture from 24 years ago. You see now that you have too much sense? 😐

NwaAmaikpe:




How can we be celebrating the expansion of roads in an era where other countries have suboceanic road tunnels, supersonic trains, shuttles in space, humanoids, medical advances and super-suspended extra-long mountain bridges?

And to think we've not even achieved 24hours of constant electricity, or functional ambulance services makes the sad reality of our dear country struggling to catch up with other country's long forgotten past.

A country where it's leaders inaugurate petty road construction is worse than a village in Benin Republic.

zero8zero:
You're a retard.. The Government of each ECOWAS country has her own financial obligations towards the project.

Believeintruth:
Oga stop being stupid. This project started from Fashola's time. When were you born? A project that started in 2008 ending from Doyin they demolished houses for this

zero8zero:
STFU, is 24years ago not in this same era?

Omenlon:
how much do you pay as tax?

NwaAmaikpe:




How can we be celebrating the expansion of roads in an era where other countries have suboceanic road tunnels, supersonic trains, shuttles in space, humanoids, medical advances and super-suspended extra-long mountain bridges?

And to think we've not even achieved 24hours of constant electricity, or functional ambulance services makes the sad reality of our dear country struggling to catch up with other country's long forgotten past.

A country where it's leaders inaugurate petty road construction is worse than a village in Benin Republic.

NwaAmaikpe:




How can we be celebrating the expansion of roads in an era where other countries have suboceanic road tunnels, supersonic trains, shuttles in space, humanoids, medical advances and super-suspended extra-long mountain bridges?

And to think we've not even achieved 24hours of constant electricity, or functional ambulance services makes the sad reality of our dear country struggling to catch up with other country's long forgotten past.

A country where it's leaders inaugurate petty road construction is worse than a village in Benin Republic.