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President Bola Tinubu said that the more funds they would be engaged in the development of infrastructures and invited governors to collaborate with the federal government to align the approvals of buildings.
The president, who commissioned the access road to the port of Lekki Deep Sea at the refinery of Dangote and the petrochemical system on Thursday in Lagos, said that a correct alignment of approval between subnational and federal governments will facilitate the construction of main roads and bridges across the country.
“I directed the Minister of Works, David Umahi, and the general surveyor of the Federation to work more closely with the governors,” said the president.
President Tinubu said that aligning state approvals with the Federal Government will reduce the burden of compensation and delays in the implementation of people -oriented projects.
“Please, my dear governors, let’s work together. Do not give planning approvals without collaboration with the General Surveyor and the Ministry of Works. I am appealing to you to achieve the same development objective.
“I would like to underline the ban on the part of the Federal Government of Nigeria on any dragage within a radius of 10 km from all our bridges at national level. I appeal to all governors, relevant agencies and security agencies to immediately implement this ban,” said President Tinubu.
The ceremony came five days after the president commissioned phase 1 of section one of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, also in Lagos.
He praised the Federal Ministry of Works, the gentlemen Hitech Construction Company Limited, the Lords Dangote Industries Limited, Bua and all the contractors involved in the country development of the country. He said his administration is committed to building lasting infrastructures at national level.
He rejected the critics of the government’s Legacy projects to be ignorant on how the government has assigned the Legacy roads to contractors.
“It is necessary to note that the Federal Executive Council has approved our Legacy projects to be obtained, assigned and built in sections. The 30 km segment completed by the Lagos-Calabar coastal motorway is part of the 47.7 km contract and six lanes, not an wholesale contract of 750 km, as some have suggested. No contractor was assigned the entire corridor.
“Our approach was systematic, transparent and based on the section. The SuperHighway Sokoto-Badagry imagined 47 years ago under the Shagari administration, is another Legacy project that we revived. This corridor-that crossed trading, trading, and industrialization.
“Over 58 dams is connected, vast agricultural land land and commercial paths to our neighbors of West Africa and offers great promises for the generation of energy of the wind mill. The construction is well started. In Kebbi, we have completed over 10 km of the 258 km three -lane roadway, and today we march from the second roadway. This section is the longest in all our Legacy projects.
“In Sokoto, the works started on the 2ising-carriageway 2 km of three lanes from Illela. I understand that over 10 km of this project are already completed. Today, we will associate the second 120 km roadway with three lanes.
“The work is also in an advanced phase in this section. Further sections for the supply and the prize in the entire length of the SuperHighway Sokoto-Badagry have been designed. On my way here, I have witnessed significant progress in Section II of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, with over 10 km of the 55 km stretch already completed.
“I am also happy to report ongoing works in the Cross River and Akwa Ibom sections and I have directed that more segments are designed and procured. The trans-Sahara commercial street, another visionary project, is constantly advancing. It will connect Calabar to Abuja via Ebonyi, Benue, Kogi and Nasarawa,” he said.
President Tinubu said he had directed an accelerated design on the 4th Legacy project of the Akwanga-Jos-Bauchi and Gombe Corridor to allow the start of the contracts.
“Let me make sure that with God on our side, we will complete these projects and unfold them for the economic benefit of our nation”.
Other projects commissioned by the president include Yakasai to Zalli Road, Kano State (Ccecc), Shendam Bridge, Plateau State (Triacta), Kwanar-Hadejia Section II (82 km), Kano/Jigawa States (Ccecc), Jimeta Bridge, State of Adamawa (Triacta), Iloburle Road, Kwara/IAC) Cham-Numan Bridge, State of Adamawa (CGC).
President Tinubu reported the following projects for the construction: Section the IB-120 km phase of SuperHighway Sokoto-Badagry in the state of Sokoto; Construction of section II Phase 2 B-258 km of SuperHighway Sokoto-Badagry in Kebbi’s state; Construction of Lagos -Calabar Coastal Highway (Section II) -55 km from Lagos to Ogun State Border; Rehabilitation of Zaria-Hunkuyi in Daya Road (Sections I, II and III) 152.67 km in the States of Kaduna/Kano and reconstruction of Dikwa-Gamboru-Gala Road-49.55 km in the State of Borno.
He also abandoned the completion of the dualization of the kano – Maiduguri Road that connects Kano – Jigawa – Bauchi – YouBe and Borno State; 100.95 km, construction of Maiduguri Ring Road – 108 km, construction of Kano Northern Bypass Road in the state of Kano, – 74 km; Construction of the seventh axial road to Lekki Deep Sea Port, Lagos State in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State-25 km for 6 lanes and completion of the rehabilitation of Lokoja-Benin Road on rigid flooring.
Other roads are the dualization of Oyo: Ogbomoso Road in the state of Oyo, 104 km; Kano’s dualization – Daura – Kongolam in Kano, Jigawa and Katsina States, 264 km – Bua tax credit; And the reconstruction of Bama -Bank Road in the State of Borno, tax credit for 49.15 km cranks.
The president thanked the “four essays in the private sector”: Jim Ovia, Femi Otedola, Abdulsamad Rabiu and Aliko Dangote, for having contributed to the economy of Nigeria. The Minister of Works also praised, Roland and Gilbert Chagoury and Aigboje Aig -imukhuede.
The governors of Plateau, Abia, Enugu, Ogun, Borno and Kaduna participated in the ceremony.
Speaking on behalf of the governors, the governor of the state of Kaduna, the senator UBA Sani, thanked the president for removing the subsidy, who had translated into greater allocations to the states for health, education and infrastructure investments.
Sani has ensured the president of subnational collaboration to improve infrastructure at national level.
The president Tinubu thanked Alhaji Aliko Dangote for his interest in the development of the country through continuous investments.
“Having inspected the refinery of Dangote, who is a great point of reference, a great phenomenon of our time and a huge investment, I want to thank Aliko Dangote,” he said. “I am happy that the port of the deep sea that I started as a governor of the Lagos state is today a huge success. Users save large quantities of money using this port because they no longer need to transmit their goods. Congruing the quality of the access road carried out by the Lords of the Dangote Industries Limited on our tax credit program and the subcontractor, the construction company of Messrs Hitech Limited.
The president of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, thanked the president for imagining and implemented the port project of Deep Sea Lekki and has ensured him the support of the private sector to the expansion of infrastructures at national level
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