Abuja, Nigeria — November 6, 2025 | Dalena Reporters
The Federal Executive Council (FEC), at its meeting on Thursday, approved a series of road contracts and project reviews collectively valued at more than ₦400 billion. The approvals were disclosed by Dave Umahi, Minister of Works, following the FEC session presided over by Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
Minister Umahi stated that the Council approved 11 memos: nine concerned reviews of inherited projects and two were for new contract awards.
Among the contracts approved:
- The award for Lagos–Ibadan Expressway Phase Two, Section Two, valued at ₦43 billion.
- Dualisation of the Mushin–NNPC Junction–Papa Oshodi Expressway, which was reviewed from ₦11 billion to ₦19 billion to reflect cost differentials.
- Construction of Section Three of the Sokoto–Badagry Superhighway, covering 162.97 km from Badagry through Ogun to the Oyo State border, at a cost of ₦3.39 billion per kilometre.
- The 216-kilometre Ilorin–Omu Aran–Egba Road has been phased: Phase One (31 km) approved at ₦43 billion, with the remaining 184 km to follow as funding improves.
- A redesign of the East–West Road project with dual carriageways and bridges; Phase One is set at ₦156 billion.
- Review of the Ota–Idi‑Iroko Road project in Ogun State, which now features rigid concrete pavement and an additional bridge, raising the cost from ₦38 billion to ₦52 billion.
- Rehabilitation of the Jos–Turunku–Maraban‑Jama’a Road in Kaduna State for ₦30 billion, and the reconstruction of the Ijebu–Ibu Ete–Egba–Owena Road in Ogun and Ondo States for ₦53 billion.
- Minister Umahi emphasised that state governments have started taking over some federal road projects in their territories to ease funding pressures and accelerate delivery.
- Umahi ended with the assurance: “Our focus remains delivering durable road infrastructure to support economic growth and ease movement across the federation.”
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