FG Abuja–Kaduna highway reconstruction reaches 80% completion

Business, Politics

LAGOS, NIGERIA (NPA) — March 4, 2026 — The Federal Government of Nigeria announced Thursday that rehabilitation works on the Abuja–Kaduna highway have reached 80 per cent completion.

Francis Nwaze, Senior Special Assistant on Media to the Minister of Works, confirmed the milestone in a statement, noting that the project is on track for commissioning.

Nwaze credited the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the oversight of Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, for tightening accountability measures and closing loopholes that previously allowed public funds to be misused without tangible results.

“The Abuja–Kaduna Road is now over 80 per cent completed and expected to be ready for commissioning by April,” the statement read. “The progress is visible, and the transformation of Nigeria’s road infrastructure is steady, real, and unstoppable.”

Under Tinubu’s administration, Umahi has supervised several major road projects, including the reconstruction of the Ibadan–Ife–Ilesa dual carriageway, the completion of the Suleja–Minna road, the rehabilitation of the Kano–Kongolam highway, the reconstruction of the Onitsha-Awka-Enugu expressway, and the reconstruction of Lagos’ Carter Bridge, amongst others. These works form part of a broader portfolio of more than 2,000 inherited road contracts valued at ₦13 trillion, which the ministry has been restructuring and prioritising.