Protocols,

I am pleased to welcome you to the 24th Meeting of the National Council on Works holding in Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi State.

2. As you are aware, the theme of this year’s National Council Meeting is “Ensuring Value-for-Money in Nigerian Highways Development”. The theme is apt and timely, considering our collective resolve to address the challenges in road development in the country within available resources.

3. In order to ensure that this target is achieved, it has become necessary for all the critical stakeholders to consider and provide contemporary policies that will support the attainment of the above target.

4. It is quite instructive that the theme was carefully chosen to ensure prudent spending of available financial resources in Highways development in the country due to the huge investment governments at all levels are making in road development.

5. The Meeting is significant as it will afford us the desired opportunities to identify challenges in the highways sector and develop strategies towards addressing them.  We are therefore, expected to explore various realistic means of proper utilization of funds and other resources meant for road projects, to enable quick service delivery, which in turn will fast-track national growth and sustainability. May I also stress on the need to ensure that all our recommendations align with the objectives of the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) of 2017-2019 which focuses on restoring economic growth, ease of doing business, investing in our people and creating a competitive economy.  The achievement of these objectives largely lies on the availability of good road network across the country.

6. Distinguished delegates and officials, the timing of this meeting therefore, is very significant as it affords us the opportunity to think through and make necessary provisions in our various Budgets for the year 2019 and beyond as well as take necessary steps that will ensure money spent on roads impacts on the Nigerian economy, positively.

7. On this note, I once again welcome you all and wish you fruitful deliberations.
8. Thank you.

EMBRACE THE DEVELOPMENTAL MASTERPLAN OF THE RENEWED HOPE ADMINISTRATION OF PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU

The Renewed Hope Legacy Road Infrastructure projects are new national road networks that will stimulate national economic development and enhance the nation's GDP.

This is the central message at the ongoing nation-wide stakeholders' engagement on the Lagos - Calabar Coastal Highway project, the design of Sokoto- Badagry Super-Highway project and the design of Cross River- Abuja Superhighway project proposed to connect the various Geopolitical zones and stimulate potentialities in agriculture, trade, investment, industrialization and tourism, safety and national advancement. The Federal Ministry of Works under the watch of His Excellency, Sen. Engr. Nweze David Umahi CON is up to task in this vision.

INSPECTION OF 56.10 KILOMETERS ENUGU-PORT HARCOURT DUAL CARRIAGEWAY UNDER RECONSTRUCTION IN ABIA STATE AND THE 15 KILOMETERS ELEME TO ONNE JUNCTION IN EAST WEST ROAD SECTION 3, COMPRISING OF 3 LANES EACH IN PORT HARCOURT

Minister of Works, Sen Umahi inspects the 56.10 kilometers Enugu-Port Harcourt Dual Carriageway under reconstruction in Abia State and the 15 kilometers Eleme to Onne Junction in East West Road Section 3, comprising of 3 lanes each in Port Harcourt, Rivers State

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