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FACTS: DUALIZATION OF LOKOJA - BENIN ROAD: OBAJANA JUNCTION - BENIN SECTION II: OKENE -AUCHI, IN KOGI -EDO STATES

In February 2025 The Federal Government started work on expanding the Ajaokuta-Okene-Auchi-Ekpoma-Benin Road into a dual carriageway. This was after the previous contract was cancelled and given to new contractors same last year due to poor performance.

Minister of Works David Umahi led the project’s launch and explained its history. He shared that President Bola Tinubu ordered a permanent fix for the road using special concrete technology (called Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement) that should last between 50 and 100 years.

The road has been causing major problems for travellers due to its poor condition and heavy traffic. The project had been delayed for a long time, affecting many road users. When Umahi took office, he visited the site and met with the previous contractors, but saw no improvements.

After reporting these issues to President Tinubu, Umahi was ordered to find an immediate and lasting solution. This led to the cancellation of contracts for three out of the four sections of the road.

The road project is divided into four sections, with three sections running through Edo State. Section II runs from Okene to Auchi and is 63.70 kilometres long.
Section III stretches from Auchi to Ehor, covering 54.224 kilometres, while Section IV extends from Ehor to Benin for 67.9 kilometres. The first section, from Obajana Junction to Ajaokuta Junction, is currently being constructed by CGC Nigeria Ltd., who also handles Section II.
BUA Construction Nigeria Ltd. Is building Section III, and CBC Nigeria Ltd is also constructing Section IV.

Work is actively ongoing on the This road as Government has resolved to make
This Road accessible and motorable in no distant time.

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When it comes to road infrastructure there's no comparison. APC stands tall.

Umahi, the most active minister in this government. Anyway, vote out APC. Anyone in power can retain Umahi in the ministry of work.

In the next five years, major roads in Nigeria will be in places.

Dangote & BUA trucks will make sure
the roads don't last..


Umahi, the fake "professor" of engineering
will tell you they can last for 1000 years, while
laughing to the bank..

Amazing work.. road abandoned for decades..

Can’t wait to ply that route soonest to my town Irrua.

Big Kudos to FG on this, esp to Engr Umahi

What's my crime in the comments below but we get it, you need to proctect your crybabies. Very bias platform. How does that stop us saying the truth.

This is good. Very good. Kudos to the government.

This type of thread doesn't make frontpage unless we call them out.. they ignored it since yesterday.

Good but then use open gutters swear for Nigeria?

Wow ! That’s a very good development. Keep it up

I thought FG roads are supposed to be concrete
Is that not coal tar I'm seeing in the pictures
This looks audio to me

Putindbutt:
What's my crime in the comments below but we get it, you need to proctect your crybabies. Very bias platform. How does that stop us saying the truth.

It is so bad that they can call us Agbadorians without getting banned but once you say Obïdïot without tweaking it, it auto-corrects to Obi supporters or you get a ban

Thank u Presido .... U are doing a Governor

adecz:
Dangote & BUA trucks will make sure
the roads don't last..


Umahi, the fake "professor" of engineering
will tell you they can last for 1000 years, while
laughing to the bank..

This vawulence no too much so?

Putindbutt:
What's my crime in the comments below but we get it, you need to proctect your crybabies. Very bias platform. How does that stop us saying the truth.

Probably because it sounds like you desperately want to be locked away in a sanitorium 😂😂😂😂

When virtually all the states are controlled by the APC, I nor wan hear say federal government roads in those state are been abandoned, because they don't have to lobby hard for them to fix the federal roads in their state.
Edo state federal roads comes to mind during Oshomole and Obaseki's time as governor.
They will tell you that the government at the centre is not ready to fix the roads, because the governors are in opposition party, or if the state fix the road , the federal government won't want to re disburse the funds back to the state government.

Franking:
Good but then use open gutters swear for Nigeria?

if them cover am and e block who go open and clear am

If that road can be perfectly fixed, it will be a very nice one. That road sucks

Nigeria always promoting mediocre. Imagine using road tiling to brag in this era

Oga I hope you are correct because the work I saw CGC doing late last year was quite poor and the three months I traversed that area the pace of work was very slow.

MOW should ensure that these contractors are properly mobilised to site with enough equipment to do quality and timely work if not we will end up with cyclical deterioration like we have witnessed over the last two decades with Abuja-Lokoja where the work was so slow parts of the highway would get damaged before they were completed.

I am sorry but 5 or 6 pictures do not confer the true picture of the Lokoja to Benin nightmare.

Osariemen12:
Umahi, the most active minister in this government. Anyway, vote out APC. Anyone in power can retain Umahi in the ministry of work.

He might not perform this way if it's not the policy of the president.

yemmight:
In the next five years, major roads in Nigeria will be in places.

Na maintenance be the koko

Lie from pit of hell, I am a trucker and ply the road regularly, I can attest to minimal work going on from okene to prison junction, from obajana junction to okene is standstill. Then their is little progress from irua to ekpoma. Let them expedite action on that road because the raining season is fast approaching.

President Bola Tinubu ordered a permanent fix for the road using special concrete technology (called Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement) that should last between 50 and 100 years.

All roads around Edo to Kogi should be concrete 📌💯.
Limestone surplus for that axis, hope Professor by experience ain't collecting kickbacks for substandard contracts .

PDPdestroyer:
It is so bad that they can call us Agbadorians without getting banned but once you say Obïdïot without tweaking it, it auto-corrects to Obi supporters or you get a ban

If being agbadorian is what makes dem lamba fans cry like baby, then I am proudly agbadorian

Remember, there is a street called Agbado in Lagos. So they thought they are abusing but they are actually displaying their ignorance

This year is going to be all positives for us

But to the lambanus lienus fans, na neg^tives galore

Tinubu till 2031.

nkwoemeka:
Lie from pit of hell, I am a trucker and ply the road regularly, I can attest to minimal work going on from okene to prison junction, from obajana junction to okene is standstill. Then their is little progress from irua to ekpoma. Let them expedite action on that road because the raining season is fast approaching.

Bad thing no go do you for highway 🙏🙌

Jagaban is doing things low-key.

Where is Peter that making noise that old roads were abandoned?

Osariemen12:
Umahi, the most active minister in this government. Anyway, vote out APC. Anyone in power can retain Umahi in the ministry of work.

hypocrisy, you said he is active but you want to vote him out because of what? Check yourself 😏

Franking:
Good but then use open gutters swear for Nigeria?

Oga that is a highway.
Na ignorance dey worry some of una