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...
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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 Minister of Works, Chief David Umahi, has said that the rehabilitation and reconstruction of the 56.10-km Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway Section II (Umuahia – Aba) will be completed and ready for inauguration in June. The minister gave the assurance in Aba, while inspecting the progress of work on the...
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...
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...
Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Nwifuru has said that God used the Minister of Works, Sen. David Umahi to make him the state’s governor in 2023. Governor Nwifuru said this on Monday when both attended empowerment programme by member representing Ohaoazara/Onicha/ Ivo Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon....
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...
The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has urged Nigerians to renew their attitude of gratitude to God through unflinching love for one another and boundless generosity to neighbours. Umahi who made the call in his Christmas message on Wednesday in Abuja, also urged the people to imbibe the culture...
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...
Motorists and residents in Osun, Ondo and Ekiti states have appealed to the states and federal government to swiftly fix deplorable roads ahead of the Christmas and new year celebrations. Some of the respondents, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Osogbo, Akure and Ado-Ekiti, said...
The Federal Government has proposed N341 billion for emergency repair of roads and bridges nationwide. The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, made this known while updating members of the National Assembly Joint Committee on Works on the repair status of the Third Mainland and Carter bridges, on Saturday....
The National Assembly and Joint Committee on Works has passed a vote of confidence in the Ministry of Works, Mr David Umahi, affirming the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway as a work in progress. The joint committee members passed the vote of confidence in Umahi when he led them on on-the-site...