Relief as FG says Lagos-Ibadan expressway will be delivered April 30

Relief as FG says Lagos-Ibadan expressway will be delivered April 30

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Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said the 116km Lagos-Ibadan Expressway with toll gates would be handed over on April 30.

He also told reporters after the Federal Executive Council meeting on Wednesday that contractors handling the Kano-Zaria and Zaria-Kaduna roads, and the Second Niger Bridge projects would hand them over by May 15.

There have been persistent gridlock and fatal auto crashes on the Lagos-Ibadan road following commencement of reconstruction at Section One of the highway, about four months ago.

Many have also fallen victim to kidnappers or lost belongings to robbers.

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Motorists and residents of border communities between Ogun and Lagos also blamed other untimely deaths in the area on everyday stress encountered in traffic.

Many house owners in neighbourhoods, like Mowe, Pakuro, Aseese, Ibafo, Magboro and Arepo, who could not bear the stress, abandoned their homes and rented smaller apartments at the city centre.

The Information minister also said N1.398bn was approved to revise the contract for the completion of Phase 2 of Uto Bridge, 2.6km stretch in Ikenke, Delta State from N4.435bn to N5.835bn.

“The Loko-Oweto Bridge is also completed; so also is the Ikom Bridge completed. Our Federal secretariats in Nasarawa, Awka, Bayelsa and Zamfara State are also completed and the Zuba housing project, 700 apartments, they’re also already for commissioning,” he said.

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Muhammad Abubakar, said a request for the construction of the corporate headquarters of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development was approved.

He said an initial sum of N6bn would be used to commence the construction of the new headquarters.

Abubakar said the proposed 10-storey building would be called Agriculture House.

On the rising cost of rice, he said a lot was being done to ensure availability of the product, to further cut down its price “since Nigeria is the number one producer of rice in Africa.”

Relief as FG says Lagos-Ibadan expressway will be delivered April 30