The Federal Government will leave the Abuja to Kaduna expressway reconstruction for the incoming administration to undertake, Minister of Works and Housing Babatunde Raji Fashola has said.
The Kaduna-Zaria-Kano section of the highway will however be completed and inaugurated before President Muhammadu Buhari leaves office in May, the minister added.
Fashola spoke while on pre-inauguration inspection of the 375.4 Kilometre Abuja-Kaduna-Kano project which was awarded during the first tenure of the Buhari administration. The project is divided into three sections.
He said while the second and third sections covering 210 kilometers was almost completed, “Section I (Abuja-Kaduna) will continue beyond the tenure of this administration, we lost about a year in 2022, due to criminal activities and rights of way.”
Fashola explained that other issues that delayed the work include the relocation of buildings, electricity installations, and markets.
“All we need is to collaborate with Minister of Federal Capital, governments of Niger and Kaduna states, to enable the work move faster and smoothly,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, has disclosed that the second Niger bridge is also ready for inauguration.
He described it as the third legacy project of the Buhari administration.
Gambari commended the President for making resources available for infrastructure development across the country. (NAN)
