The Minister of Transportation, Saidu Ahmed Alkali, has disclosed that the federal government has completed 135 road projects across northern Nigeria as part of its infrastructure renewal drive.
Speaking on Wednesday during the two-day interactive session organised by the Sir Ahmadu Bello Foundation, the minister said 216 additional road construction projects were currently ongoing in the region.
He further revealed that 312 road maintenance projects had been completed, while 50 others were in progress.
According to the minister, several legacy projects cutting across many states were underway.
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They include the Sokoto–Badagry Superhighway, Lagos–Calabar Coastal Highway, Calabar–Abuja Superhighway, and the Akwanga–Jos–Bauchi–Gombe Road.
In the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, he said, 14 road projects had been completed and commissioned.
Other completed projects, he said, included the Greater Abuja Water Supply Network Project, the construction or rehabilitation of numerous primary and secondary schools, and the commissioning of three world-class bus terminals.
He added that several other road construction, rehabilitation, and expansion works were ongoing across the country in line with the Renewed Hope Agenda.
