President Bola Tinubu has approved and released funds for the rehabilitation of the 11- kilometer Eko bridge. The Minister of Works, David Umahi disclosed this on Thursday in Lagos, when he inspected the progress of work on a couple of different projects and bridges in Lagos. “The Eko...
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Minister of Works, Chief David Umahi, says the present economic hardships in the country did not start from President Bola Tinubu led administration. Umahi made the declaration on Sunday at his hometown Uburu, Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi while addressing newsmen. He attributed the hardships to several...
Minister of Works, David Umahi, and Senator Aminu Tambuwal (PDP-Sokoto), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Housing, on Thursday inspected the newly constructed BUA Cement’s fifth plant in Sokoto State. Umahi, who was in Sokoto to inspect the reconstruction of a 372 km dual road from Sokoto...
The Minister of Works, Mr David Umahi, on Saturday, ordered the arrest of some persons trading on the completed section of the Aba axis of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, still undergoing rehabilitation. Umahi, who was in Aba to inspect the project, directed the security operatives attached to his...
The Federal Government on Friday assured that it would now deliver the Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano Dual Carriageway in 24 months, instead of in 2024. The Minister of Works, David Umahi, made this disclosure on Friday when he inspected the road. Umahi was accompanied on the inspection by Mr Wale Edun,...
The Federal Government says it is set to pay up the N1.5 trillion debt owed contractors for the construction of federal highways across the country. Government, however, advised them to be serious in executing its projects. The Minister of Works, Sen. David Umahi, said this at a meeting...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ebonyi has zoned the southern senatorial district’s ticket to Onicha Local Government Area of the state. This is contained in a statement signed by its state Chairman, Chief Stanley Okoro-Emegha among other State Working Committee (SWC) members. The zoning of the Senatorial...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Minister of Works, David Umahi has been named as The Top10 Magazine’s Minister of the Year 2023. He emerged the stand-out choice among other distinguished Ministers in a multi-stage rigorous selection and screening process. In a letter conveying Engr. Umahi’s emergence...
The Minister of Works Sen. David Umahi says that the ministry needs a total of N217bn to reconstruct 260 road projects and eight bridges across the country. The minister disclosed this while inaugurating four road project committees on Thursday in Abuja. He said the committees were being inaugurated...
The Federal Ministry of Works on Sunday said it had not awarded the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway construction to any firm, but had only opened discussions with Hitech. A statement by Mrs Blessing Lere-Adams, Director, (Information) Press and Public Relations Unit, Federal Ministry of Works, said media reports that...
The Federal Controller of Works, Lagos State, Mrs Olukorede Kesha, on Tuesday said the first phase construction of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway project had been completed and delivered to ensure free traffic flow. Kesha told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that phase one was completed and delivered before...
The Federal Government is planning two super highways across the country through a Public Private Partnership scheme. Minister of Work Dave Umahi disclosed this to the State House Correspondents on Sunday after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu in Abuja. He said that the highways would be...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Bola Tinubu over “the failure to stop the former governors who are now serving as ministers in his administration from collecting life pensions and other ‘retirement benefits’ from their states while...
The Minister of Works, Sen. David Umahi, has reiterated the use of concrete pavement technology in road construction projects for its cost effectiveness and durability. Umahi said this during a courtesy visit to the Acting Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, in Akure on Friday. The minister...
The Minister of Works, Mr David Umahi, on Tuesday introduced night construction to fast track Nigeria’s highway projects in line with global practices. Umahi said this during a visit to project sites in Lagos/Ogun States. He said during the visit that the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway rehabilitation/reconstruction was 98...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – A chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, Engr Anslem Ijebor, has assured Nigerians that the erstwhile Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi, will predictably deliver on his mandate as Minister of Works considering his antecedents. Ijebor, who made...
By BARBARA KALU, Abakaliki – Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Nwifuru has sacked political office holders appointed by the preceding administration of Sen. David Umahi. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Dr Monday Uzor, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Saturday in Abakaliki. The governor, in...
The new Ebonyi Governor, Mr Francis Nwifuru, has promised to serve and handle the affairs of the state with utmost care. Nwifuru, who made the assertion on Monday in Abakaliki at his swearing-in, also said he would serve with the fear of God. According to him, I shall run...
Former President Gooluck Jonathan has thanked Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi for immortalising him while alive with a mega-bridge project in the state. Jonathan made the appreciation on Monday while inaugurating the 29-span Iyere bridge in Afikpo South Local Government Area (LGA) named after him. The former president, who...
Gov David Umahi of Ebonyi on Tuesday Sworn-in four new Commissioners into his cabinet barely 20 days to exit from office. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Commissioners, who were screened earlier by the State House of Assembly were sworn in at the Executive Council Chambers,...