Afrigather 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 Could, 2023.
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola made this assertion throughout a unprecedented Federal Government 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 mentioned, “There’s a essential part within the four-kilometre final mile to Lagos. It’s technical however what has delayed it’s that we discovered black-cutting soil below the pavement.”
He additionally mentioned, “We now have determined that we are going to take away it and change it in order that we do a correct job as an alternative of being in a rush to fee it.”
What it’s best to know in regards to 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 industrial capital.
Awarded to Julius Berger Nigeria and Reynolds Building Firm Restricted at a sum of N167 billion, The expressway is the key path to the northern, southern, and jap parts of Nigeria.
The challenge which is the busiest inter-state route within the nation, dealing with over 250,000 Passenger Automotive Models (PCUs) each day, constitutes one of many largest street networks in Africa.
Recall that The Federal Authorities had earlier introduced that the Lagos-Ibadan expressway can be accomplished by the tip of April to alleviate motorists and commuters of the stress they undergo on that route. It, nevertheless, said in March 2023, that the gas shortage and money crunch affected the completion of the street challenge.
