Nigerian government completes US$796.71mn 32-road restoration project

The Nigerian government has completed a project costing US$796.71 million (NGN 126bn) to restore 32 roads covering a combined 2,000kms. The federal government will also upgrade nine railway stations across the country on public private partnerships (PPPs). Mike Onolememen, the Minister of Works in Nigeria, is reported by African media to have told the recent 2013 Ministerial Platform in Abuja, Nigeria that the extensive improvements meant that the country’s roads can no longer be described as “death traps”.
June 5, 2013 Read time: 2 mins
The Nigerian government has completed a project costing US$796.71 million (NGN 126bn) to restore 32 roads covering a combined 2,000kms. The federal government will also upgrade nine railway stations across the country on public private partnerships (PPPs).

Mike Onolememen, the Minister of Works in Nigeria, is reported by African media to have told the recent 2013 Ministerial Platform in Abuja, Nigeria that the extensive improvements meant that the country’s roads can no longer be described as “death traps”.

The 32 completed roads projects are reportedly in addition to 16 being handled by the Road Sector Development Team (RSDT).

Notable among the completed and ongoing road projects are reported to be the 3rd Mainland Bridge (Phase 11), covering additional works for the replacement of eight expansion joints in Lagos State; completion of the duplication of Onitsha- Owerri Road (Section 1) and Onitsha Eastern By-pass in Anambra State; and the rehabilitation of the access road to the Kaduna Refinery in Kaduna State.

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