The Federal Government on Friday re-opened the Independence Bridge in Lagos, following emergency repair works it carried out overnight. At the re-opening, the Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, assured the public of the bridge’s safety and reiterated plans for permanent repairs. The minister explained that the closure of...
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The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, on Thursday denied owing a businesswoman, Mrs Tracynither Ohiri, N200 million for promotional materials she supplied during his 2014 governorship campaign. Umahi denied the allegation while fielding questions from journalists during his tour of the Independence Bridge in Lagos. He said: “When...
President Bola Tinubu on Monday flagged off the construction work on the 17.6 kilometers access road to the Second Niger Bridge (Phase 2), connecting the South-South and South-Eastern regions. The President, who performed the function at Oko, Oshimili South Local Government Area of Delta, said the access road would...
Minister of Works, Sen. David Umahi, has given President Bola Tinubu credit his award as the best minister. Umahi said in a statement on Wednesday that Tinubu gave him the opportunity to serve Nigeria as a minister. The statement was signed by Mr Mohammed Ahmed, the Director of Press...
The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, on Saturday clarified that he never said former President Olusegun Obasanjo should not use the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway when completed. Umahi made the clarification during an inspection tour of the highway project in Lagos. He reacted to some comments to the effect...
Federal Government on Saturday explained why it awarded the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project to Hitech Construction Company Ltd. The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, made the explanation during an inspection tour of the highway project in Lagos. “Some people say that it didn’t go through a competitive bidding....
Minister of Works, Sen. David Umahi, has reiterated that the ongoing 700-kilometre Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway is not waste of resources weaved with corrupt tendencies as claimed by critics. Umahi said this at the Second Stakeholder’s Engagement and the unveiling of the 71-kilometre alignment of the Ondo State Section of...
The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, said the Federal Government has converted the reconstruction of the 750km Sokoto-Gusau-Funtua-Zaria Road project to concrete pavement for greater impacts. Umahi disclosed this during an inspection tour to the ongoing road project in Dange-Shuni Local Government Atea of Sokoto State on Wednesday....
The Federal Executive Council (FEC), at its third meeting of the year on Monday, approved the completion of four road projects inherited from the previous administration, after a rigorous review. Minister of Works, Chief David Umahi, said this while addressing State House Correspondents after the FEC meeting. He said...
The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, on Sunday said that Nigeria’s North-East Geopolitical Zone had a legacy project of President Bola Tinubu administration. The minister said in Lagos that the fourth legacy project of the administration stretched from Akwanga to Jos, Bauchi, and Gombe. Umahi gave the assurance...
President Bola Tinubu on Saturday launched the completed and ongoing 24km section, alongside the upcoming 48km section, of the Lagos-Ibadan dual carriageway. This includes Section One and the Lagos-Sagamu route in Lagos and Ogun, Phase Two. Tinubu highlighted the importance of road infrastructure for socio-economic development. He reaffirmed his...
The Federal Government has said that the delay in the completion of the 98-kilometre Oyo-Ogbomoso Road project contracted to Reynolds Construction Company(RCC) necessitated the termination of the contract. Minister of Works, Mr Dave Umahi, made this known on Thursday in Ibadan during a stakeholders’ meeting on Oyo federal roads....
The Minister of Works, David Umahi, said on Saturday that more federal roads would be tolled to ensure effective infrastructure maintenance. Umahi stated this while inspecting the ongoing construction on the Abuja-Kaduna dual carriageway. He stated that the Federal Government was leveraging Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) to improve road infrastructure...
The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has dismissed reports claiming that a contract for the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano road project was awarded to an obscure company, Infoquest Nigeria Limited. Umahi, addressing a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja, called the report false, misleading, and damaging. He explained that a publication in...
The Minister of Works, Mr Dave Umahi, says the N800 billion allocated to the ministry in the 2025 budget is inadequate to address the country’s road infrastructure needs. Umahi stated this in Abuja during the 2025 budget defence session organised by the House Committee on Works. He appealed to...
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, says the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano dual carriage way will be ready for use in 14 months. Idris made this known at the inauguration of the rehabilitation of section 1 of the road (Abuja to Kaduna) rigid pavement on Thursday. The News...
The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has set an April 2025 deadline for the completion of the ongoing dualisation of the East-West Road, Section II-II, from Ahoada to Kaiama in Rivers and Bayelsa States. Umahi made the announcement in a statement signed by Mohammed Ahmed, Director of Press and...
The Minister of Works, Sen. David Umahi says he will never abandon his successor, Gov. Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi and ensure that he completes eight years in office. Umahi made the pledge on Saturday at his hometown Uburu, Ohaoazara Local Government Area of Ebonyi when Nwifuru’s clan members, Izzi...
Work is seriously in progress on the Sokoto-Badagry Superhighway project as the first 120km is being constructed in Sokoto. The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, gave the assurance in a press release on Saturday in Lagos. “It has been procured, and work is going on by Hitech, using...
The Federal Government says the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project will be reviewed from 10 to six lanes and at a lower cost. The Minister of Works, Sen. David Umahi, made the disclosure during a tour of the highway on Friday. Umahi said that the review had become necessary because...