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From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja
President Bola Tinubu will today, inaugurate an 81-kilometre section of the Abuja-Kaduna highway as the All Progressives Congress (APC) flags off its presidential campaign for the 2027 general elections in Kaduna State.
The road, built with continuously reinforced concrete pavement and fitted with streetlights, is part of the Federal Government’s 4,084-kilometre road development programme for the Northwest.
Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this on Friday in a post on his verified X handle @aonanuga1956, listing completed and ongoing road and rail projects across the region.
According to him, 348 kilometres of inherited and newly initiated road projects have been completed, while another 1,811 kilometres are at various stages of completion.
Onanuga said 118 kilometres of Lot 1 of the Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano highway had been completed, including the 81-kilometre section scheduled for inauguration. He added that 164 kilometres of Lot 2 had also been completed using reinforced concrete pavement.
He also listed the 77-kilometre Kaduna-Pambeguwa road among completed projects, which Tinubu is expected to inaugurate during the APC campaign rally in Jos, Plateau State.
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On ongoing projects, Onanuga said the Sokoto section of the Sokoto-Badagry Superhighway, covering 120 kilometres of dual carriageway, had reached 60 per cent completion. The 254-kilometre dual carriageway section in Kebbi State was 40 per cent complete.
The 350-kilometre Sokoto-Zamfara-Zaria dual carriageway, being executed in four sections, had recorded an average completion rate of 30 per cent, he said.
Other ongoing projects include the 153-kilometre Kano-Kongolam road, the 132-kilometre Zaria-Hunkuyi road and the 123-kilometre Mando-Birnin Gwari road.
Onanuga added that the administration had completed 149 emergency road projects across the Northwest but did not provide details of their locations or costs.
The Presidency also listed two major urban rail projects: the Kaduna Metropolitan Rail Line, valued at $865 million, and a Kano metropolitan light rail project estimated at more than ₦1 trillion. No implementation timelines were provided for either project.
The APC is expected to showcase the administration’s infrastructure investments at Saturday’s campaign launch as political activities intensify ahead of the 2027 elections.
