The Federal Government has again shifted the date for the completion of the reconstruction work on the ever busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway years after work began on the road.
Speaking on a television programme on Friday, minister of works, Dave Umahi gave November 2023 as the set date for the completion.
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 – programme. 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.
The minister had earlier gave mid-september date for the completion work on the road
