Infrastructure: Abuja-Kaduna-Kano Expressway rehabilitation to complete in 14 months –Idris

*Alhaji Mohammed Idris, Nigeria’s Minister for Information and National Orientation, discloses the rehabilitation of the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano dual carriageway will be ready for use within 14 months

Isola Moses | ConsumerConnect

The Federal Government has announced the ongoing rehabilitation of the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano dual carriageway will be completed, and road infrastructure will be ready for use in 14 months.

Alhaji Mohammed Idris, Honourable Minister for Information and National Orientation, disclosed this development Thursday, January 16, 2025, during the inauguration of the rehabilitation of Section 1 of the road (Abuja to Kaduna) rigid pavement.

Alhaji Mohammed Idris, Honourable Minister for Information and National Orientation

While Section 1 of the road is from Abuja to Kaduna, Section 2 is from Kaduna to Zaria, and  Section 3 is from Zaria to Kano.

The description and scope of works include scarification and pulverisation of existing bituminous surface as sub-base material and filling of embankments.

Others are the provision of approved crushed rock material (wet or dry) to 100mm thickness with three per cent stabilisation in shoulders and carriageway, reinforced concrete lined drains and other hydraulic structures where necessary.

Likewise, other descriptions and scope of the rehabilitation works are the provision of median barriers and median drains where necessary, and the provision of CRCP 200mm thick on the carriageway and shoulders.

Minister Idris also noted that H.E. (Senator) David Umahi, Honourable Minister for Works, had explained extensively and put the politics of the road to rest.

The Minister for Information and National Orientation stated: “President Bola Tinubu is very committed and determined to ensure that this road from Abuja to Kano is completed in record time of 14 months.

“This is the reason the government cancelled the road contract with the former contractor, who said it would complete the road in three years, and the government refused and insisted on 14 months.”

He further noted: “That is also why it was broken into three segments for ease of construction.

“Nigerians, especially those plying this road, are anxious to see that the road is completed.”

Emphasising that delay of any kind would not be accepted on the project, Idris also said: “The President has given a matching order, and the National Assembly is also given them the necessary cooperation and there will be no issues.

“Within 14 months,  we are going to have a brand new road from Abuja end to Kano.”