By Joyce Onuora, Abakaliki
Following the approval of the President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the commencement of the national road infrastructure network that will traverse the various trade and agricultural corridors of Nigeria and in keeping with the Renewed Hope strategic economic recovery plans, the Honourable Minister of Works, Sen Engr Nweze David Umahi has commenced nationwide stakeholders engagement for the construction of sections of the three (3) Renewed Hope Legacy Road Infrastructure projects.
In a press release signed by Hon. Barr. Orji Uchenna Orji
Special Adviser ( Media) to the Honourable Minister of Works, noted that the Honourable Minister will on Saturday, 29th, and Sunday 30th June 2024 hold this session of the stakeholders’ engagement in Akwa Ibom and Cross-River States, respectively. In Akwa Ibom, he will present and discuss the proposed alignment for the construction of Sections 3B and 4 of Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project passing through the State and in Cross River State, he will present and discuss section 3A of Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway and 92 km segment of the Calabar-South East- North Central- Apo Abuja Superhighway passing through the State. Stakeholders expected in the event include: Governors of concerned States, Senate and Federal House of Representatives Committees on Works, Honourable Ministers of line Ministries, Royal fathers and technocrats, Nigerian Communications Commission and major Telecommunication Service Providers, other relevant stakeholders and the Media. The Senate President Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency, Sen. Godswill Akpabio CON is expected to be the Special Guest of Honour in the event
According to Minister Of Works, Umahi disclosed that the three Renewed Hope Legacy Road Infrastructure projects when completed shall have historic national interconnectivity that will crisscross the major transportation reutes of Northern and Southern States of Nigeria and that is the Sokoto – Badagry Superhighway (SBS): a 1,000-kilometer highway connecting Sokoto in Northern Nigeria to Badagry in Western Nigeria, passing through 7 States and connecting to the Lagos-Calabar coastal (LCCH) highway at Ahmadu Bello way Lagos; Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway: a 700-kilometer coastal highway connecting from Lagos State to Cross River State through 8 States; and the Calabar- South East- North Central- Apo Abuja 477-kilometer Superhighway connecting from Calabar to Ebonyi, Benue. Kogi, Nasarawa States and ending at Apo in Abuja
“This stakeholders’ meeting will afford opportunities to communities along the reutes and trade corridors to appreciate the potentials of the project to the enhancement of industrialization, tourism, agricultural commercialization and mechanization, trade and investment, and economic competitiveness not only among the people of the area, but also the various regions of Nigeria, and thus stimulate national prosperity.”
