Lagos-Ibadan Highway Will Be Inaugurated Next Month – FG

The Lagos-Ibadan expressway is set to open next month, according to the federal government.

Mu’azu Sambo, the Minister of State for Works and Housing, revealed this in a New York interview with the Nigerian News Agency.

The Second Niger Bridge, according to Sambo, would be inaugurated in October.

President Muhammadu Buhari announced on October 11 that the Second Niger Bridge, the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, and other significant projects funded by the Presidential Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF) will be finished by 2023.

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Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Works and Housing, announced last month that the Second Niger Bridge was 91 percent complete.

According to Sambo, between November 25 and December 13, 2021, Buhari handed over 941 kilometers of road projects to connect 10 states in five geopolitical zones.

“The Second Niger Bridge that has alluded every administration will be commissioned in October by President Muhammadu Buhari and Lagos-Ibadan highway that has deferred previous administrations will be commissioned in June,” Sambo said.

“They represent critical infrastructure necessary to develop a country and its people, for them to be able to get on with their lives in an easy and convenient way.

“President Buhari clearly understands the necessity to invest in infrastructure, not just to support a growing population but as an economic driver.

“It is, therefore, not surprising that, through the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, we are managing over 1,019 contracts involving 958 bridges and road projects.”

The minister also stated that the federal government is building dwellings in 34 states across the country, estimating around 6,000 housing units so far.

Infrastructure, he continued, is the backbone of progress because it encompasses all aspects of life.

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