The Federal Government has halted the road construction from Biu-Kanga-Gaya to the border of Niger Republic whose cost is put at close to N158 billion.
The Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, made this known shortly after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting held on Monday at the Council Chambers of the State House in Abuja.
The Minister also disclosed that the FEC approved the construction of 28 roads and bridges across the country worth over N1.2 trillion .
The projects, Umahi explained, were approved by FEC having gone through the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) and Certificates of No Objection secured.
Speaking further, Umahi further explained that the FEC also gave approval to the construction of the Buruku bridge across Katsina Ala River in Benue State worth over N83.7 billion while approval was given for the construction of 91.432 roads at Saki in Oyo State worth N144 billion .
Recall that on February 26, 2020, the Muhammadu Buhari administration approved N29.2 billion for the construction of two roads linking two Northern states to the border of Niger Republic.
The former Minister of Works, Babatunde Fashola, said the approval was the fallout of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) he presented to the council for the construction of a 46-kilometre road from Balle in Sokoto State to Niger Republic border at the cost of N9.5 billion.
The former Lagos state governor had told journalists while briefing them at one of the FEC weekly meetings in the State House, that the contract would be executed within a period of 24 months.
Fashola had also made known that the council approved another N19.7 billion for the construction of phase II of the project, which he described as a 50-kilometre road project from Kunia in Jigawa State to the Niger Republic border.
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