President Muhamadu Buhari’s government on Monday promised to complete all ongoing road projects before June 2023.
The director, Planning Research and Statistics of the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, Jude Ode-Martins, disclosed this during the opening ceremony of the 28th meeting of the National Council on Works in Kano on Monday.
According to the director, the current administration has taken various steps to ensure that all road projects are completed before the regime bows out in 2023.
“Most of the roads and bridges would be completed by this administration. Five to six road projects have been opened in the North-West, some at the North-Central.”
“Some of the road projects include Nguru-Gashuwa. In jigsaw, we have Shuwarin – Bauchi road, Shuwarin – Maiduguri Road; in the North–Central, we have the Owetto Bridge, connecting Benue and Nasarawa states.
“It is a task that most of us here are very competent at and committed to doing this year.
“The Lagos–Ibadan road and second Niger Bridge will soon be completed,” He added.
Idris Wada, Kano State Commissioner for Works, represented by the permanent secretary of the ministry, Ahmed Salisu stressed the importance of the meeting in his address.
“All the infrastructure development will be completed soon,” the secretary said.
