The road has over the last decade become emblamatic of many things wrong with Naija. 2 failed concessions (2009, Jan 2015), a history of budgetary cuts,etc
Good news is that all of that now history, Road now been transferred to PIDF, a $650m Fund managed by @nsia_nigeria #Thread
Good news is that all of that now history, Road now been transferred to PIDF, a $650m Fund managed by @nsia_nigeria #Thread
PIDF took over three (3) critical road projects, to ensure they’re taken out of unpredictable budget cycles and to guarantee funding for them until completion: Second Niger Bridge, Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano Road and the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. So, funding now guaranteed.
PS. Scope of work on the Expressway has recently been expanded, which probably also means a pushback of whatever completion date previously announced. For example the Lagos-Shagamu section is getting 2 new underpasses, 3 new FlyOvers, 2 Toll Plazas, and 10 new Pedestrian Bridges.
