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Nigeria approves ₦631.3 billion for nine road projects
Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council approved about ₦631.3 billion for nine road projects across the country.
Works Minister David Umahi announced the decision after a council meeting chaired by President Bola Tinubu in Abuja.
The approved projects include road reconstruction in Kogi and Ekiti states, a road linking Adamawa and Taraba, and repairs to parts of the East–West Road.
The projects aim to improve road links and support economic activity by building, rebuilding and repairing key routes.
Separately, ministers from countries along the Lagos–Abidjan coastal highway are due to meet on Friday to discuss how to fund it.
The proposed plan would have the African Development Bank lend to participating countries to pay for their sections of the regional route.
Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council approved approximately ₦631.3 billion for nine road projects across the country.
Works Minister David Umahi announced the approvals after a council meeting presided over by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Abuja.
The projects include road construction, reconstruction and rehabilitation, with works planned in several states.
Umahi said the projects are intended to strengthen transport networks, improve connectivity and support economic activity.
- Who
- Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council approved the funding. Works Minister David Umahi announced it.
- What
- Approximately ₦631.3 billion was approved for nine road projects.
- When
- Wednesday, after the Federal Executive Council meeting. The article was published on 28 October 2026.
- Where
- Across Nigeria, including projects in Kogi, Ekiti, Adamawa and Taraba.
- Why
- To strengthen transport networks, improve connectivity and facilitate economic activity.
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The Federal Executive Council met in Abuja and approved approximately ₦631.3 billion for nine road projects.
Ministers from countries along the Lagos–Abidjan coastal highway were due to meet to discuss funding arrangements.
- Total approved
- Approximately ₦631.3 billion
- Number of road projects
- Nine
- Etuke–Okeni–Ankpa–Otopa Road
- 95 kilometres; ₦167 billion
- Ado–Ilawe–Ilumaba–Ikole Road
- 81.1 kilometres; ₦209 billion
- Tungo–Karamti Road
- ₦62 billion; five bridges planned