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Tinubu’s Infrastructure Drive Unprecedented –Works Minister


The Minister of State for Works, Bello Muhammad Goronyo, has commended President Bola Tinubu for what he described as visionary leadership and unprecedented commitment to infrastructural transformation and national development across the country.

Goronyo made the remarks during the All Progressives Congress (APC) Senatorial Primary Election for Sokoto East Senatorial District held in Sokoto State, where Senator Umar Ajiya, emerged as the party’s senatorial candidate, according to the statement from his media aide, Abdullahi Mohammed.

The minister stated that the Tinubu administration has demonstrated strong political will in executing strategic road and infrastructure projects aimed at connecting economic corridors, stimulating commerce, strengthening national integration, and improving the living standards of Nigerians. He highlighted the Federal Government’s four Legacy Road Projects cutting across the six geopolitical zones of the country.

According to him, the projects are designed to boost economic activities and enhance regional connectivity nationwide. The projects, he said, include the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway traversing Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Cross River states.



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