{"id":59713,"date":"2025-01-17T19:05:18","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T19:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=59713"},"modified":"2025-01-17T19:05:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T19:05:18","slug":"fg-sets-14-month-deadline-for-abuja-kaduna-kano-dual-carriageway-completion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/01\/17\/fg-sets-14-month-deadline-for-abuja-kaduna-kano-dual-carriageway-completion\/","title":{"rendered":"FG Sets 14-Month Deadline for Abuja-Kaduna-Kano Dual Carriageway Completion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Patrick Idowu<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Federal Government has set a 14-month timeline to complete the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano dual carriageway, aimed at enhancing connectivity and safety in northern Nigeria.<br \/>\nMinister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, announced this during the inauguration of rehabilitation works on the Abuja-Kaduna section.<br \/>\nThe project, divided into three segments for efficiency, includes: Section 1: Abuja to Kaduna, Section 2: Kaduna to Zaria and Section 3: Zaria to Kano.<br \/>\nUpgrades will involve scarifying the existing surface, embankment filling, stabilized crushed rock materials, and reinforced concrete-lined drains.<br \/>\nMinister Idris reaffirmed President Bola Tinubu\u2019s commitment to delivering the project within the set timeframe.<br \/>\n\u201cPresident Tinubu is determined to ensure that this road from Abuja to Kano is completed within a record 14 months,\u201d he stated.<br \/>\nHe explained that the original contractor\u2019s three-year timeline was deemed unacceptable, prompting the government to restructure the contract for faster execution.<br \/>\nAdditionally, the project will be extended to include a link to Aminu Kano International Airport and a five-kilometre stretch on the Abuja-Lokoja axis.<br \/>\nIdris assured Nigerians that the rehabilitated road, equipped with solar lighting and reinforced concrete, is designed to last between 50 and 100 years.<br \/>\nMeanwhile, Minister of Works, David Umahi, acknowledged the current poor state of the road\u2014citing cracks, potholes, and drainage issues\u2014and confirmed that emergency repairs are ongoing in four sections to mitigate users\u2019 hardship during the full rehabilitation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Patrick Idowu The Federal Government has set a 14-month timeline to complete the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano dual carriageway, aimed at enhancing connectivity and safety in northern Nigeria. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, announced this during the inauguration of rehabilitation works on the Abuja-Kaduna section. The project, divided into three segments for efficiency, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":59714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-59713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59713"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59715,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59713\/revisions\/59715"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}