As you have probably heard, the Muhammadu Buhari government will now complete the reconstruction of the 375km Abuja-Kano Road (AKR) Project in 2023...
As you have probably heard, the Muhammadu Buhari government will now complete the reconstruction of the 375km Abuja-Kano Road ProjectOne week ago, Funso Adebiyi, a Director of the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, made the announcement, the story being either too hot or too cold for the Minister, Babatunde Fashola, to handle by himself. He was last seen in a crime scene in Lagos playing Sherlock Holmes, handling a vital piece of evidence that had been invisible to the ordinary human eye.
In other words, from Day One the project did not lack funds, and its deadline was 36 months. That is: NOW. In 2019, the House of Representatives began an investigation of that payment, summoning the NSIA, the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, the Federal Road Safety Commission, and the contractor.
Sadly, but on account of previous repatriations having disappeared in the hands of various governments, the $308m return had a proviso: it must be used for the following projects: the Second Niger Bridge, the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, and—you guessed right—the AKR.