The Minister of Power, Works and Housing,
Babatunde Fashola, has reiterated the
President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal
government’s established plans to build
road and bridge network across the
country.
The former Lagos state governor also
highlighted the order of priorities in which
the roads would be built through a
revolving plan put around three years,
between 2017 and 2019, adding that the
intention was to connect states, drive
economy, move fuel, food and import and
export of goods.
He made the disclosure while speaking at
the sitting of the House of Representatives’
Investigative Committee on Breach of
Privilege, Violation of Appropriation Act and
Incitement of the Nigerian Public.
Fashola said in addition to the plan for 44
federal highways construction contained in
the 2017 Budget, government has also
identified 63 roads in the first quarter of the
year that were identified and prepared for
emergency intervention across the country
ahead of the rainy season.
This, he said, would give relief to Nigerians,
while adding that the 63 roads were
identified and prepared for intervention
during the inspection tour of roads in 34
states.
He listed the proposed priority highway
projects slated in the 2017 budget to
include:
1. Kano-Katsina Road (Phase 1: Kano Town
at Dawanau Roundabout to Katsina State
Border)
2. Sokoto-Tambuwal-Jega-Yauri Road
3. Ilorin-Jebba-Mokwa-Bokani Road
4. Ilorin-Kabba-Obajana Road (Sections
1&11)
5. Ibadan-Ilorin Road, Section11 (Oyo-
Ogbomosho)
6. Lagos-Shagamu-Ibadan Dual Carriageway,
Sections 1&11
7. Lagos-Otta Road.
8. Apapa/Tincan Port, NNPC Depot (Atlas
Cove) to Mile 2 Access Road
9. Apapa-Oshodi Road
10. Third Mainland Bridge
11. Apapa/Tincan Island Port-NNPC Depot
Access Road
12. Benin-Ofosu-Ore Ajebandele-Shagamu
Road
13. Obajana Junction-Benin Road Phase 2:
(Sections i-iv)
14. Sapele-Ewu Road Sections 1&11
15. Second Niger Bridge
16. Onitsha-Enugu Expressway (Amansea-
Enugu State Border)
17. Yenegoa Road Junction-Kolo-Otueke-
Bayelsa Palm
18. Bodo-Bonny Road with Bridge.
Others are:
19. Odukpani-Itu-(Spur Ididep-Itam)-Ikot
Ekpene Federal Highway Sections 1&11
20. Ikom Bridge
21. Enugu-Port Harcourt Dual Carriageway
Sections i-iv
22. Calabar-Ugep-Katsina Ala Road
23. Vandeikya-Obudu-Obudu Cattle Ranch
Road
24. Oshegbudu-Oweto Road, Oju/Loko-
Oweto Bridge with approach roads
25. Nassarawa-Loko Road, Abuja-Lokoja
Road Sections i&iv
26. Suleja-Minna Road Section 11. Kaduna
Eastern Bypass
27. Kano-Maiduguri Road Section 1-1V
28. Hadejia-Nguru-Gashua-Bayamari Road
and Kano Western Bypass.
Those listed as critical economic routes
include:
29. Zaria-Kano Road, Abuja-Lokoja Road
(Sections i-iv)
30. Ilorin-Jebba-Bokani Road, Ibadan-Ilorin
Road (Sections `1&11)
31. Lagos-Shagamu-Ibadan Road
(Sections1&11)
32. Benin-Ofosu-Ore-Ajebandele-Shagamu
Road
33. Obajana-Benin Road (Sections i-iv).
Also in the list are:
34. Onitsha-Enugu Road (Section 1&11)
35. Enugu-Port Harcourt Road (Sections i-iv)
36. Calabar-Odukpani-Itu Road (Section1)
37. Calabar-Ugep-Katsina Ala Road (Sections
1&11)
38. Alesi-Ugup (Iyamoyung-Ugup) Road
39. Ogoja(Mbok Junction) Abuochichie Road
40. Otukpo Township Road
41. Kano-Maiduguri Road(Sections i-v)
42. Kaduna-Zaria Road
43. Kaduna-Katsina Road.
According to the Minister, roads that pass
through agricultural areas across the
country include:
44. Sokoto-Tambuwal-Jega-Kontangora-
Makera Road (Sections 1&11)
45. Makurdi-Naka-Ndoka-Ankpa Road
46. Akure-Ondo-Ore Road and Benin-Sapele
Highway. Rubber Research Institute of
Nigeria-Iyanomo Road.
47. 9th Mile-Enugu-Port Harcourt Road
48. Abakaliki-Afikpo Road Sections 1&11
49. 9th Mile-Oturkpo-Makurdi Road
50. Ogboko (Yandev Junction)-Katsina Ala
(Ugbema Junction) Road
51. Wukari-Mutum Biyu-Jalingo-Numan Road
52. Section 1 Numan Jalingo Road
53. Gombe-Numan Road
54. Maiduguri-Dutse
55. Kano-Zaria Road.
The 63 roads slated for emergency
interventions, which cut across the six
geopolitical zones of North East, North West,
North Central, South West, South East and
South South
1. North East:
Construction of bridge at KM 32 along Billiri
Filiya in Taraba and the repair of Billiri-Filliya
Road in Gombe, Potiskum-Agalda-Gombe
State Border (S/B) and Potiskum-Kari-Bauchi
S/B Road in Yobe State.
Also included are:
1. Tella Road and Bridge 2 Abutment and
Apawa-Junction-Zing-Adamawa (State
Border) in Taraba State
2. Bauch-Darazo-Kari Road in Bauchi State
3. Numan-Lafia-Gombe State Border Road,
Numan-Jalingo Road
4. Numan-Guyuk (Borno State Border)
5. Ngurore-Mayobelwa Road in Adamawa
State, all in the North East.
