Members of ministerial delegations of the Seventh Conference of the Africa Road Builders inspects Nigerian Keffi highway project
Source：CCCCTime：2022-04-13
Recently, Minister of State for Works and Housing, Malam Muazu Sambo led members to visit the construction site of CCCC-built Keffi-Makurdi highway.
Recently, Minister of State for Works and Housing, Malam Muazu Sambo led members taking part in the Seventh Conference of the Africa Road Builders from ten ministerial delegations including Kenya, Senegal, South Africa, Cameroon, and Zambia to visit the construction site of CCCC-built Keffi-Makurdi highway expansion and renovation project, and Nigerian mainstream media covered the event.
Minister Sambo introduced to the members about the basic situation of Keffi highway project, and he especially expressed that infrastructure is the foundation of each country's social and economic development and that the implementation of the project is good testimony of the Nigeria-China friendly relationship. He stressed that after the completion, the highway would significantly enlarge Nigerian highway transport capacity, solve traffic safety problems which hinder local sustainable development, improve local people's life standards, and accelerate the development of logistics and mass transportation industry in Nigerian "Golden Triangle".
The delegates spoke highly of the construction site and construction quality of the Keffi highway project, and the press corps gave positive coverage about CCCC’s contributions to the economic development along the highway, local employment, and performing social responsibilities during the construction.
The upgrading and renovation project of Keffi-Makurdi highway is carried out in the southeast part of the Nigeria capital Abuja, and along the way are the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nasarawa and Benue. The highway is about 227.2 kilometers long and is composed of 5.4-kilometer-long Abuja-Keffi section and 221.8-kilometer-long Keffi-Makurdi section, wherein two lanes are added to each side of the former and the latter's are increased to four ones. Along the highway are 13 bridges, 358 culverts, and 3 footbridges. Begun on April 1, 2019, the project is implemented and constructed with Chinese standards. The implementation of the project will further connect the capital Abuja and the eastern area, significantly enlarge the transport capability of the capital’s core region, and promote the economic and industrial development of the states along the highway
Editor: CHEC
