Abuja-Kaduna road project to be completed before 2023 – ministry of works

By Oluchi Ihediuce

Federal Ministry of Works and Housing has said they are working assiduously to ensure the ongoing Abuja Kaduna road project will be completed before 2023.

The Director, Highways Construction and Rehabilitation, FMWH, Funso Adebiyi, disclosed this during a visit to the project site to assess the progress of work done on site

The ministry’s Deputy Director, Press, Salisu Haiba expressed satisfaction in the progress of the work adding that there are working assiduously to ensure completion

“We are satisfied with the quality of work going on and we are working to increase the pace of work.

” It is a necessary action in the construction of an infrastructure of such magnitude, to ease volume of vehicular traffic on the road.

Adebiyi said, the project are on different levels of completion

“We have made a lot of progress. Over 100km, although not at a stretch, have been completed under section one to three (Abuja-Kano).

“Also, 40km has been completed under section two (Kaduna-Zaria), and 70km completed under section three (Zaria-Kano).

“some sections of the road are also on different levels of completion, remedial works are being carried out on the sections that were critically bad in order to facilitate movement.

Oluchi Ihediuche