FG Threatens to Cancel N56bn Abuja-Lokoja Road Deal Over Slow Work
The Federal Government has put the contractor handling a N56 billion section of the Abuja-Lokoja highway on notice, threatening to scrap the deal if work doesn’t speed up. During a Saturday, September 20, 2025, inspection, Works Minister David Umahi praised the work’s quality but slammed the slow pace, saying, “No progress by November, and this contract’s gone.”
Umahi tied payments to milestones and vowed to reassign stalled contracts under President Tinubu’s push for timely infrastructure. The N56 billion project, part of a N733 billion FEC-approved package, joins major road fixes like the N507 billion Abuja-Kaduna-Kano highway. Umahi also flagged three contractors on the 460km Abuja-Lokoja road for possible EFCC/ICPC probes, with one managing just 3km in two years. Over 230km is done, but 200km needs urgent work.
This key economic route’s poor state has frustrated commuters, and Tinubu’s team is cracking down on delays to boost Nigeria’s roads.
