President Bola Tinubu’s government has launched dozens of major infrastructure projects across the northwest, countering claims that it has neglected the region, the Renewed Hope Ambassadors said.
The Renewed Hope Ambassadors, a pro-Tinubu network, issued the assessment following a media tour last weekend of Federal projects in the Federal Capital Territory, Kaduna, Kano, Jigawa, and Kebbi States.
The tour, organized with the presidential media team, highlighted 48 special intervention projects in the northwest—Kano, Kaduna, Katsina, Jigawa, Sokoto, Kebbi, and Zamfara—out of 260 nationwide via the Ministry of Works.
The tally tops other geopolitical zones and targets roads, rail, and irrigation to spur trade, agriculture, and growth.
Key sites included the remodeled Abuja-Kaduna-Kano highway, now featuring 20-centimeter-thick concrete pavement and solar streetlights.
Director of Media and Publicity of the Renewed Hope Ambassadors Tunde Raman in a statement Friday said Section 1 (82 kilometers from Zuba Junction past Jere, handled by Infiouest International Construction) is nearly done except for 300 meters.
He said Section 2 has started, with full completion due by November.
In Kaduna, the 21-kilometer Western Bypass—stalled for over two decades—is 50% complete without funding snags.
According to Raman, the standout is the Kaduna-Kano-Katsina-Maradi rail line linking northern states to Niger, boosting cross-border trade; a related flyover is on track for December 2026.
Kano’s highway leg stands at 95% done, alongside hospital upgrades at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital funded via Sen. Jubril Barau’s constituency projects.
Other projects are the N27 billion ($16 million) irrigation scheme in Garko via the Ecological Fund Office; a solar initiative by the Energy Commission of Nigeria; a 10-hectare agricultural incubator at Bayero University by the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure; the new Northwest Development Commission headquarters; and a N47 billion ($28 million) erosion-control project in Kano’s Wujuwuju-Jakara area, taken over from state hands.
In Jigawa, the local rail segment nears completion. Kebbi’s Sokoto-Badagry Super Highway (phases 2A and 2B, kilometers 120-385) hits 40% and 16% progress, respectively, with pavement, base works, and lights advancing.
“Seeing is believing,” the Ambassadors said, urging skeptics to tour the sites.
The Ambassadors dismissed criticism as 2027 election posturing or opposition tactics, insisting the three-year-old administration has delivered for the north.
