New road link for Nigeria’s Bauchi State

A new road project will improve transport connections in Nigeria’s Bauchi State. The 175km road project will cost US$65 million to carry out. Also planned in Bauchi State is work to upgrade a 2.5km stretch of road in the state capital, Bauchi, which connects to the main road heading north eastwards to the city of Kano, itself the state capital of Kano State.
September 29, 2016 Read time: 1 min
A new road project will improve transport connections in Nigeria’s Bauchi State. The 175km road project will cost US$65 million to carry out. Also planned in Bauchi State is work to upgrade a 2.5km stretch of road in the state capital, Bauchi, which connects to the main road heading north eastwards to the city of Kano, itself the state capital of Kano State.
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