Buhari launches 260km Super Highway construction project in Nigeria

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President Muhammadu Buhari has witnessed the ground breaking ceremony for a major Super Highway construction project in Nigeria being built by Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State.

The 260km highway sponsored by UK based construction firm Spectrum,will link the capital Calabar, with towns and villages in the northern part of the state and also reduce travel time significantly.

Speaking during the ceremony president Buhari said that, the road will begin from Ikang deep sea port.

He added that the construction project will offer major economic opportunities for the citizens of Cross River state and the country as a whole.

“An Israeli and British firm, Spectrum is investing €500 million alongside an infrastructure bank under Public Private Partnership arrangement on the super highway.” said the president.

The road will serve as an evacuation corridor for the new deep seaport in Nigeria. The seaport will have a draft of 14 metres a wall of 680 meters that will allow for all sizes of vessels to berth.

The super highway will be the first to have broadband Internet connectivity, speed cameras, ambulatory services and solar system.”

Benue state is also promising  to construct a similar highway from Katsina-Ala junction, to its border with Nasarawa state. From there, the Nasarawa state government would then extend it to Abuja and gradually it would get to Chad, Egypt and Morocco.”

The Super Highway construction project in Nigeria is also designed to connect Nigeria with countries as far away as Egypt and Morocco when completed.