The Federal Government has explained the connection between the six-lane Lagos-Badagry Expressway project and the proposed Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Highway which is still in its design phase.
The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Olukorede Kesha, spoke to newsmen this Thursday, explaining that the Lagos-Badagry Expressway forms part of the Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Highway
She explained that Nigeria’s section of the regional highway spans 79 kilometres, from Eric Moore in Lagos to the Seme Border.
She further explained that the 46.2km section of the Nigerian side of the highway project – from Agbara to Seme – has been awarded to a contractor by the Federal Government, while the Eric Moore to Igbo Elerin section, a 10km stretch, is being handled by the Lagos State Government.
Recall that in March, the Federal Ministry of Works held a stakeholder engagement with the armed forces, police, paramilitary and border communities on the Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Highway Development Project of the ECOWAS Commission, at Seme Border.