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THE Minister of Works, Mr David Umahi has urged  the  South-East region of the country to support President Bola Tinubu for a  second term in 2027. Umahi made the call when the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris and his team,  paid him a courtesy visit on …

THE Federal Government has explained why it awarded the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project to Hitech Construction Company Limited. The Minister of Works, David Umahi, disclosed this during an inspection tour of the highway project in Lagos on Saturday, March 15, 2025. Umahi said: “Some people say that it didn’t go …

NIGERIA’s Minister of Works, David Umahi, has said he would take responsibility in the event of any failure in the ongoing construction and execution of road projects under the current administration. Umahi stated this on Thursday in Akure, the Ondo State capital, South West of the country at a stakeholders’ …

FOR allegedly failing to fix federal roads in the country, Minister of Works, David Umahi, has come under fire when he appeared before the House of Representatives committee on Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA). At an interactive session on Thursday, the committee chairman, Rep Remi Oseni pointedly took Umahi to …

THE Minister of Works, David Umahi, said the ministry has terminated several road contracts nationwide due to delays in their completion. Although he did not specify which projects were affected, Umahi confirmed that due process was followed in the terminations, many of which had been ongoing for over 20 years, …

THE Minister of Works, Mr David Umahi, says the Federal Government needs more than N16 trillion to complete inherited road projects nationwide. Umahi made the disclosure when he briefed newsmen on the achievements of the ministry under the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Tinubu on Thursday in Abuja. He …

THE Federal Government has suspended approval for the construction of new road networks across the country. This was disclosed by the Minister of Works, David Umahi, on Sunday in Calabar, when the Federal Ministry for Works convened a stakeholders engagement on the proposed alignment for sections 3A and design for …

THE Federal Government has criticized Reynolds Construction Company (RCC) for failing to complete even 1km of the 15km East-West Road section from Eleme Junction to Onne Port Junction in Rivers State, despite receiving over N40 billion in mobilization funds. This announcement was made by the Federal Minister of Works, David …

Minister of Works, David Umahi said on Tuesday that he was shocked by the activities of vandals on the structure of the 2nd Niger Bridge, particularly the destruction of the expansion joints used to absorb the thermal expansions of the bridge. This followed a viral video showing the damage done …

THE Minister of Works, David Umahi, has disclosed that the Federal Government is set to pay ₦2.75 Billion in compensation to those affected by the demolition exercise as a result of the construction of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway. He said the payment would be made today, Wednesday 1, to property …