The federal government has approved over N820 billion for the rehabilitation of the critical Abuja-Kaduna-Kano expressway as well as for the completion of the Bodo-Bonny road in Opobo, Rivers State.
A statement in Abuja yesterday by Uchenna Orji, spokesman to the Minister of Works, David Umahi, further stated that the federal government had tasked Julius Berger Nigeria Plc on the need to fast-track the completion of the rehabilitation of the two major road infrastructure.
He quoted Umahi as having given the charge during a meeting with Julius Berger represented by its Executive Director, Projects, Benjamin Bott and the Head of Contract Management, Omonigho Brown at the ministry’s headquarters in Mabushi, Abuja.
Speaking during the meeting, Umahi recalled that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) at its meeting of September 23, 2024 approved the re-scoping and downward review of the contract for the rehabilitation of the Abuja – Kaduna – Zaria – Kano dual carriageway.
At the same time, he stated that it also revised the estimated total cost/ augmentation of the contract for the construction of Bodo-Bonny road with bridges across the Opobo channel, route 430 in Rivers State, contract No. 6247.
