By Our Correspondent <\/p>\n
In an effort to improve road infrastructures in the country, the Federal government on Wednesday flagged off the construction of the 125-kilometre Akwanga\u2013Jos section of the Akwanga\u2013Jos\u2013Bauchi\u2013Gombe\u2013Biu\u2013Maiduguri Superhighway.<\/p>\n
This is as it approved an immediate release of N111bn to kick-start the project.<\/p>\n
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu who spoke at the flag-off ceremony in Akwanga, Nasarawa State, described the project as the fourth legacy infrastructure initiative under his Renewed Hope Agenda.<\/p>\n
Represented by the National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, Tinubu said it would improve connectivity, enhance road safety and stimulate economic activities across the North-Central and North-East.<\/p>\n
He said: “I feel highly delighted, believe me, highly delighted to be here today to commence the construction and flag off the fourth legacy projects of the Renewed Hope Agenda”.<\/p>\n
Speaking also, the minister of works, Engr David Umahi said the project will feature a 12-metre-wide carriageway reinforced with high-tensile steel, alongside comprehensive drainage, bridges, street lighting, traffic safety facilities, and other ancillary works to meet international standards.<\/p>\n
He Highlighted the phased implementation, noting that Section 2 of the superhighway has already been flagged off, while procurement is underway for Section 1, Phase 2.<\/p>\n
Umahi stressed that the government\u2019s systematic approach demonstrates its determination to fully develop the corridor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By Our Correspondent In an effort to improve road infrastructures in the country, the Federal government on Wednesday flagged off the construction of the 125-kilometre Akwanga\u2013Jos section of the Akwanga\u2013Jos\u2013Bauchi\u2013Gombe\u2013Biu\u2013Maiduguri Superhighway. This is as it approved an immediate release of N111bn to kick-start the project. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu who spoke at the flag-off ceremony […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13973,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15158"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15160,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15158\/revisions\/15160"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}