Abuja-Lokoja Expressway To Be Completed April 2026 — Umahi

The Minister of Works, Engr. David Umahi, has disclosed that the Abuja-Lokoja road task volition beryllium completed and commissioned for nationalist usage successful April 2026.

The Minister, who disclosed this connected Saturday portion inspecting roadworthy projects successful the North Central portion bashed the contractor for dilatory gait of work.

He, however, commended the contractor for his prime of enactment connected the conception of the roadworthy visited.

He said contractors volition beryllium paid for jobs done (milestone completion) and those who could not conscionable up national authorities targets, their jobs volition beryllium revoked and fixed to those who tin bash it.

He noted that President Bola Tinub has assured that NNPC projects indispensable continue, however, not connected the erstwhile terms.

“We are going to hold what you tin decorativeness successful the adjacent 1 year, and past we hold connected milestone completion. If you implicit from present to here, you get paid.

“From present to here, you get paid. Those who cannot conscionable up, we volition disagreement their jobs and springiness to those who can. So, we are giving you an beforehand notice, and the beforehand announcement is that you should commencement different gang,” helium stated.

He continued: “If I travel again successful the period of November, and the happening is inactive similar this, I volition discontinue the job. The prime of the occupation is excellent, the gait of the enactment is nonsense. Is that okay? You are performing adjacent poorer successful Benin-Warri Road, but that is for different day, precocious week, we are going there. Okay? Yes. But the prime of the enactment is excellent.

“The magnitude is N56 billion, and the occupation has to beryllium completed successful April 2026. It was to beryllium done connected asphalt, but the contractor came and said ‘oh, we person realised that factual introduced is precise good’. Can you let america to usage factual and support the aforesaid cost? We worked it out, and past we agreed that you tin usage factual to screen the full 53 kilometers. That’s what we are doing,” Umahi said.

Earlier, speaking connected the Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano Road, the Minister said the task volition beryllium completed successful June 2026.

He said the roadworthy divided into 3 sections required an estimated N761 cardinal to implicit it.