The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced that contractors handling the Kano-Zaria, Zaria-Kaduna roads, and the Second Niger Bridge projects will complete and hand them over by May 15. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this information to reporters after a Federal Executive Council meeting.
Mohammed also stated that the 116km Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, complete with toll gates, would be handed over on April 30. Additionally, he revealed that N1.398bn was approved to revise the contract for the completion of Phase 2 of the Uto Bridge in Ikenke, Delta State.
Other completed projects include the Loko-Oweto Bridge, Ikom Bridge, Federal Secretariats in Nasarawa, Awka, Bayelsa, and Zamfara State, as well as the Zuba housing project with 700 apartments.
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Muhammad Abubakar, said the construction of a new headquarters for the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, called Agriculture House, was approved with an initial sum of N6bn.
Finally, the Minister of State for Education, Goodluck Opiah, announced that the Federal Executive Council approved N32.4bn as the revised estimated total cost of the contract for the completion of the National Library of Nigeria headquarters building complex in Abuja.
