President Bola Tinubu is scheduled to commission some projects completed under his administration in Lagos and Abuja to mark his administration’s first year on 29 May.
According to a statement issued on Saturday by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser Information and Strategy, the president will on Sunday in Lagos inaugurate the concrete-paved road to the nation’s major ports in Apapa and Tin Can Island.
The statement explained that the reconstructed road which began under the Muhammadu Buhari Administration was financed by the Dangote Group, using its tax credits.
It said on the same day, President Tinubu will formally inaugurate, by virtual means, the refurbished Third Mainland Bridge, which the statement said “has drawn public acclaim for its excellent finishing and aesthetic furnishing.”
President Tinubu will also commission, virtually, the rehabilitation of 330 roads and bridges across the country.
The statement further said that the high point of the President’s engagements on Sunday will be the inauguration of the iconic Lagos-Calabar Superhighway, estimated to cost about N15 trillion.
It added that work has begun on the legacy project that will connect nine coastal states, with Section Two already awarded to Hitech Construction Limited.
President Tinubu will return to Abuja on Tuesday to inaugurate the Southern Parkway, which the Nyesom Wike-led FCT Administration named after him.
On Wednesday, the President will attend the National Assembly Dialogue Series, after which he will unveil the National Assembly Complex, named after him.
President Tinubu will leave the National Assembly to relaunch the commercialisation of Abuja Light Rail, also known as Abuja Metro and symbolically join a train ride to the city centre.
The statement recalled that the Abuja Metro was completed in 2018 by the Buhari Administration, saying, “It was put into commercial use up till 2020. But with the onset of COVID-19, the train service was abandoned. Vandals descended on the facility, putting it out of use.”
“FCT Minister Wike, after spending $15 million and building access roads to the various stations, has refurbished it for commercial service,” the statement added.
President Tinubu will also inaugurate the Wuye Flyover-Link Bridge and the Defence Intelligence Agency Headquarters before commissioning
The NASENI-Portland Compressed Natural Gas(CNG) Reverse Engineering Centre at Utako of Friday.
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