David Umahi, the Minister of Works, has announced November this year as deadline for the completion of the Abuja–Kaduna–Zaria- Kano highway project, which he said has gulped over N200 billion.
Umahi disclosed this while addressing a delegation from the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) in Abuja on Monday.
According to the minister, over about 480 kilometers have been completed from the 750 kilometers project, adding that over 80 percent of the project funding has been settled.
He said, “Now you will say that the subsidy was removed, and people ask, where is the money? It’s quite amazing, because the money is here. The Abuja to Kaduna to Zaria to Kano is 375 kilometers by 2, it is 750 kilometers. The president funded part of this project under Julius berger. We have spent over 200 billion under Julius berger. We have achieved 240 kilometers by 2, that is 480 kilometers, remaining 140 kilometers by 2, that is 280 kilometers.
For the first time, we are able to complete 118 kilometers of concrete pavement within 13 months. It has never happened. And today we are battling with the remaining 164 kilometers. That is 82 kilometers by 2. Both of these projects are costing us N752 billion under the president.
