The Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved the construction of 14 roads and bridges, which were badly affected by floods, in Ekiti, Adamawa, Kebbi, and Enugu States.

The Minister of Works, David Umahi, disclosed this while addressing State House correspondents after the FEC meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Monday, September 23, 2024.

Umahi said the others are in Cross River, Ondo, Osun, Ebonyi, Abia, and Imo States.

He said the roads were awarded in addition to a contract for the repair and rehabilitation of Gamboru Bridge along Gambor-Ngala/Kala-Balge Road in Borno State.

Umahi noted that Messrs CCECC Nigeria Limited was awarded two road contracts, including bridges in Kogi and Cross River, at a total cost of N133.4 billion.

These include the construction of Cross River to Oferekpe Road and the rehabilitation of Kabba (Kogi State) Iyamoye-Omuo-Ikole-Ifaki-Ado Ekiti Road.

The minister said FEC also approved a new contract for the rehabilitation of Maraban-Kankara/Funtua Road in Katsina State and the construction of 258 kilometre three-lane carriageway, a component of the 1,000 Sokoto/Badagry Super-highway, Section 2, Phase 2A.

He disclosed that FEC approved the contract for the construction and dualisation of Afikpo-Uturu-Okigwe Road in Ebonyi, Abia and Imo States (Section 2).

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Umahi said FEC also approved the contract for Bodo-Bonny Road in Rivers, to be executed by Julius Berger.

Umahi stated: “FEC approved an additional N80 billion to complete that project, bringing the total cost to N280 billion.

“The next is the Third Mainland Bridge, which was executed under emergency work.”

The minister said the service lane on Lekki Deep Seaport road was approved for construction by FEC.

He added that he discovered that over 3,000 of fuel trucks queuing to the lift fuel at Dangote Refinery were all parked on the newly constructed Lekki-Calabar coastal highway.

“Technically and by design, the roads were never built for static loads, and so it has a lot of effects,” Umahi said.

He said FEC approved that the federal government’s land in the area should be concessioned so that concessioners could build a park.

“It’s a park that will be tolled so that all the trucks can safely parked over there and the pavement of such a park is quite different from the pavement of the road,” Umahi stated.

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