FG to build another highway connecting coastal road to FCT – Minister

FG to build another highway connecting coastal road to FCT – Minister

The Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, has announced the Federal Government’s plans to construct a 477-kilometer, six-lane super highway traversing five states to the Federal Capital Territory. 

Umahi made the disclosure on Wednesday while declaring open the stakeholders’ engagement on the alignment for Ebonyi’s 101-kilometer segment of the super highway. 

He stated that the highway would traverse Cross River, Ebonyi, Benue, Kogi, and Nasarawa to Abuja, and is expected to economically revolutionize Ebonyi and the interconnecting states.

The minister noted that the road would serve as an agricultural and economic corridor, supporting President Bola Tinubu’s efforts to achieve food sufficiency in the country. 

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“The road is a spur of the coastal highway that runs from Lagos to Calabar and was designed by the colonial masters to integrate the South East states,” he said. 

He called for support from all stakeholders to actualise the project noting that President Tinubu placed great emphasis on the infrastructural revolution of the country. 

“Nigeria is currently suffering from the effects of past neglects and this informed the bold, revolutionary decisions of the president. 

“There is no part of the southeast zone that is not touched on road revolution:  Umuahia-Aba-Port Harcourt road, Enugu—Abakaliki road, Onitsha-Owerri-Aba roads, among others,” he said. 

FG to build another highway connecting coastal road to FCT – Minister