The Federal Government has directed contractors handling federal road projects across Nigeria to apply concrete cement, to ensure the roads last for 100 years.
The Minister of Works, David Umahi, gave the directive during an inspection visit to the ongoing reconstruction of the Enugu–Onitsha Expressway on Saturday, February 28, 2026.
Umahi said that all federal road projects across the country would be completed in record time, but the immigration junction/Amansea border section of the Enugu–Onitsha Expressway would be completed by May 2026.
Umahi stated that the road project was being done by the Reynolds Construction Company (RCC) and funded by the tax paid by telecommunication firm MTN.
The minister said: “The era of so much use of asphalt has gone, most roads are being constructed with concrete for a long lasting duration.
“I am very impressed with the work being done by RCC who is using concrete to do about 23km of road, the first 20km has been completed.
“We have 13km, all on concrete which we expect will last for the next 100 years, and then we have the MTN road project which makes it a total of 104km.
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“They have sub-contractor which is Niger Cat, and Niger Cat is doing a good job and RCC is also doing a good job.
“We have seen that within the next two weeks what would be left with Niger Cat will be zero on their own section already and what would be left of RCC would be 23km.
“Nobody guarantees asphalt for more than 15 years in this country but we are doing concrete on our roads under President Ahmed Bola Tinubu with a guarantee of 100 years.”
Umahi explained that the sustained inspection of road projects Nigeria was to ensure that Nigerians got value for their money.
He urged the people of the South-East geopolitical zone to appreciate Tinubu for the massive road projects being executed in the region.
Umahi added: “The quality of what the president is doing would remain a legacy, so I ask the South-East people to stand with Mr President and support the Renewed Hope Agenda.
“Before now this road was so terrible and people were on social media talking about all sorts of things but now that the road has been done, we want you to go to social media and thank Mr President and be grateful to God.
“If you appreciate what the man has done he would do more and the South-East is on the rise and we are grateful to Mr President.”
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