Report by NASIR MALALI; Editing by BASIRAT MEMUDU
The Federal Government says it is working on the inherited thirty-six thousand kilometres of road projects across the country.
State Minister of Works, Muhammad Bello Goranyo who stated this also mentioned that under the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Federal Government has introduced another four major road projects and other significant infrastructural initiatives aimed at repositioning the country’s landscape for sustainable development.
Radio Nigeria in Sokoto reported that the four legacy road projects named by the President include the forty-point-seven-kilometre coastal highway and the one thousand sixty-eight-kilometer Illaila Sokoto-Badagry highway.
Others are the Transahara highway, which traverses from Akwanga, Jos, and Bauchi to Gombe State, and the final one linking Ebonyi to Benue and Nasarawa states.
Goranyo stated that the first phase of the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway has already been completed.
According to him, the transformative administration is currently dualizing the Kaduna to Sokoto road, which runs from Zaria, Huntuwa, Gusau, and Talata Mafara to Sokoto.
The Minister explained that the Zaria-Sokoto project is a reinforced concrete road expected to last more than fifty years.
Goranyo pointed out that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has accorded priority to road infrastructure, stressing that roads and other infrastructural developments are key to unlocking economic growth in the country.
He argued that the President has placed infrastructure development in its rightful position.
The Minister stated that reliable roads are essential infrastructure that underpin supply chains, connect producers to consumers, and allow industries to thrive.
He added that beyond economics, road projects delivers profound social benefits by enhancing connectivity and accessibility, linking remote or underserved communities to essential services such as healthcare facilities, schools, and government offices, thus improving quality of life and reducing isolation.
