North-West Tops Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Projects — Minister

Minister of Works Engr. David Umahi has disclosed that the North-West geopolitical zone has the highest number of projects under President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, securing 48 out of the 260 special intervention projects being executed nationwide.

This was revealed yesterday in Kano during an inspection of ongoing and completed federal road projects by the minister who was represented by the senior special assistant to the president on community engagement, Abdullahi Tanko-Yakasai.

Tanko-Yakasai said the intervention projects, spread across Kano, Katsina, Jigawa, Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara and Kaduna states, underscored the president’s commitment to address infrastructure gaps and drive economic growth in the region.

He spoke at the site of the Economic City, Bichi, where the federal government completed Phase I and II of a 1.5-kilometre access road awarded in January 2024 and delivered in October 2024. The project, he noted, was executed as a special intervention to enhance economic activities within the industrial city.

The minister’s representative also inspected the Kano Northern Bypass, a 37.8-kilometre dual carriageway project being constructed by CCECC. According to project engineers, the bypass—designed with multiple bridges—will divert traffic away from Kano metropolis, improve regional connectivity and significantly reduce travel time between the North-East, North-West and North-Central zones.

Tanko-Yakasai further disclosed that the road projects were being built with reinforced concrete shoulders and medians to guarantee durability of up to 50 years.

The inspection tour also covered outstanding sections of the 40.5km dual Abuja-Kaduna-Kano Road.