Akpabio, Umahi, Dangote inaugurate reconstructed Apapa-Oworonshoki-Ojota expressway 

Senate President, Godwill Akpabio represented President Bola Tinubu at the inauguration ceremony, with Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, Chairman of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, Lagos State Deputy Governor, Obafemi Hamzat, Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and others also in attendance.

The Apapa-Oworonshoki-Ojota Expressway reconstruction was carried out by the Dangote Group in conjunction with the Federal Government.

Dangote while explaining why the project  took so long to be completed, said that the government initially gave the company only sections one to three of the road before realising that the section two that was built with asphalt was also bad.

He said that they were only given the section two when they were almost done with the sections one and three.

Dangote said the occasion marked a significant step in the journey towards transforming Nigeria’s infrastructure landscape.

He praised the quality of the road, recommending that the Federal Ministry of Works consider replacing Nigeria’s asphalt roads with concrete roads.

Also speaking at the ceremony,  Umahi praised the construction company Hitech, saying that no other one could compete with them when it comes to concrete road construction.

He said that the work done by the Federal Government on the Third Mainland Bridge, another project for inauguration same day, was more that rehabilitation work.

Also, the Senate President Godswill Akpabio commended the work done on the Apapa-Oworonshoki-Ojota Expressway and the Third Mainland Bridge. He said it was a great feat by any standard.

After the inauguration of the Apapa-Oworonshoki-Ojota, the Senate President and other government officials left to join President Tinubu in the flag off of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway.