The Federal Executive Council has approved ₦631.3bn for nine road projects across the country, including the 95-kilometre Etutekpe–Okenyi Road in Kogi State.
The Minister of Works, David Umahi, disclosed this to State House correspondents after Wednesday’s FEC meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The approvals cover major road projects in Ekiti, Kogi and Kano states, as well as other parts of the country.
Umahi said the council approved ₦209bn for the 81.1-kilometre Ado–Ilawe–Ilumaba–Ikole Road in Ekiti State.
It also approved ₦167bn for the 95-kilometre Etutekpe–Okenyi Road in Kogi State.
Another ₦89.2bn was approved for the Bichi Ring Road in Kano State.
Other projects approved by the council include road construction works in Adamawa and Taraba states, remedial works on the East-West Road and the rehabilitation of the Sokoto–Illela Road.
Meanwhile, the minister disclosed that the first 118-kilometre section of the Abuja–Kaduna–Zaria Road had been completed.
He added that work on the second section was nearing completion.
The latest approvals form part of the Federal Government’s ongoing road infrastructure programme across the country.
