FG Announces New Delivery Date For Lagos-Ibadan Road

The Federal Government through the Minister of Works, Dave Umahi made it known on Friday that the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway will be delivered by November, years after reconstruction began on the ever-busy route.

Speaking in an interview, Dave Umahi identified funding as a major challenge facing the project, assuring that his ministry will approach President Bola Tinubu for intervention

“Let’s give it November,” Umahi said in reaction to when the federal road will be completed. “We may have a little bit of challenges on funding but it is something that I intend to discuss with Mr President,” he added.

“The funding is coming from the PIDF – Presidential Infrastructure Development Fund – program. Right now, we have a balance of N18 billion on that axis to pay. The stringent condition is that you cannot take funds that are meant for one project to do the other one.”

According to him, the completion of the project will come from the initiative of President Tinubu.