Tinubu To Commission Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in June

The Federal Authorities says the incoming administration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu will fee the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway challenge. This comes towards the sooner plan of getting President Muhammadu Buhari fee the challenge earlier than he leaves workplace on the twenty ninth of Might, 2023.

The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola made this assertion throughout a rare Federal Govt Council (FEC) assembly presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on the chamber within the State Home, Abuja.

Fashola additionally revealed that the brand new commissioning date has been scheduled for the thirtieth of June, 2023.

Causes for the change of plans

Talking additional, Fashola stated, “There’s a vital part within the four-kilometre final mile to Lagos. It’s technical however what has delayed it’s that we discovered black-cutting soil underneath the pavement.”

He additionally stated, “We’ve got determined that we are going to take away it and substitute it in order that we do a correct job as a substitute of being in a rush to fee it.”

What you need to know concerning the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway challenge

The Lagos–Ibadan Expressway challenge is a 127.6-kilometre-long expressway connecting Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, and Lagos, Nigeria’s business capital.

Awarded to Julius Berger Nigeria and Reynolds Building Firm Restricted at a sum of N167 billion, The expressway is the main path to the northern, southern, and japanese components of Nigeria.

The challenge which is the busiest inter-state route within the nation, dealing with over 250,000 Passenger Automotive Items (PCUs) day by day, constitutes one of many largest highway networks in Africa.

Recall that The Federal Authorities had earlier introduced that the Lagos-Ibadan expressway shall be accomplished by the top of April to alleviate motorists and commuters of the stress they undergo on that route. It, nevertheless, acknowledged in March 2023, that the gasoline shortage and money crunch affected the completion of the highway challenge.

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