Federal Govt Completed 81km Abuja-Kaduna Highway Section In 13 Months – Umahi

The Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, has said the Federal Government completed an 81-kilometre section of the Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano highway in 13 months under President Bola Tinubu, noting it was the fastest road project ever completed in the country’s history.

Oct 26, 2026 - 16:08

Federal Govt Completed 81km Abuja-Kaduna Highway Section In 13 Months – Umahi

The Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, has said the Federal Government completed an 81-kilometre section of the Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano highway in 13 months under President Bola Tinubu, noting it was the fastest road project ever completed in the country’s history.
The minister spoke weekend during the commissioning of the section of the Abuja-Kaduna highway by Tinubu in Kaduna State as part of activities marking the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential campaign flag-off ahead of the 2027 general election.

Tinubu unveiled the project plaque to formally commission the completed section of the highway.

However, Umahi further said that the 13 months contrasted with the eight years it took the previous administrations to complete 240 kilometres of the highway using asphalt pavement.
According to him, the completed section forms part of the 118-kilometre first lot of the highway project, which was accelerated after the Federal Government took over the work and adopted reinforced concrete pavement.
His words, “Today, we are going to be commissioning 81 kilometres out of this 118.

"But let me place it on record that this project was completed in just 13 months. But 240 kilometres took eight years to be completed. This is the fastest project completion in the history of this country.”
According to Umahi, the first lot of the project was valued at N252 billion, even as over 95 per cent of the contract sum had been paid.
He further said that work was progressing on the second section of the highway, covering 164 kilometres and valued at N505 billion, with more than 144 kilometres completed, and expressed optimism that the remaining 20 kilometres would be completed by the end of November.
Umahi also, noted that Tinubu had directed the installation of solar-powered streetlights along the entire 375-kilometre Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano highway, adding that the president
personally inspected the road on Friday night and expressed satisfaction with the progress of the lighting project.
Commenting on road infrastructure development in the North-West, the minister said the Federal Government had completed 348 kilometres of roads in the region out of 1,016 kilometres completed nationwide, even as another 1,800 kilometres of roads in the region had been partially completed, while 4,083 kilometres of road projects were ongoing across the North-West.
According to him, the ongoing projects form part of a nationwide road construction portfolio covering about 17,000 kilometres.
He further noted that the Sokoto-Badagry Superhighway was progressing along the 1,068-kilometre corridor, with 948 kilometres ongoing in Kebbi State and 240 kilometres in Sokoto State, where he put the level of completion at 60 per cent.
According to him, the scale of infrastructure projects underway across the country required sustained implementation, expressing confidence that the administration would deliver its programme if Tinubu remained in office beyond 2027.
The minister also commended Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State for consistently following up on the project and former Katsina State Governor Aminu Bello Masari for drawing the president’s attention to its progress.