According to a report by Vanguard on Friday, May 22, 2026, Dr. Charles Omole, author of From Soldier to Statesman, reported that the Minister of Works, David Umahi, has called on the South-East region to deliver strong electoral support for President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general elections.
Umahi cautioned that a lack of backing for the President could threaten the continuity of large-scale federal infrastructure developments currently underway across the region.
Umahi made the remarks on Wednesday while conducting an inspection of several ongoing federal road and bridge projects located in Ebonyi State.
During the visit, he emphasised that the current administration had undertaken infrastructure projects on a scale the South-East had not experienced in previous governments.
The minister stated that the projects being executed represented an unprecedented level of federal investment in the region’s road network and public infrastructure.
He argued that no earlier administration had committed comparable resources toward the development of transport facilities in the South-East.
Among the projects reviewed was the ongoing Calabar–Ebonyi–Benue–Nasarawa–Abuja Superhighway, which Umahi described as one of the signature legacy projects of the current administration.
According to him, the section extending from Ndibe Beach in Ebonyi State to the Ebonyi–Benue border spans approximately 123 kilometres.
He explained that the road is being built with reinforced concrete pavement and fitted with solar-powered street lighting, with an estimated total cost of N454 billion.
Umahi revealed that the Federal Government had already released 50 per cent of the required funding for the project.
He added that approval processes were ongoing for the dualisation of strategic sections of the route to improve traffic flow and strengthen connectivity between affected states.
He further disclosed that the second section of the corridor stretches roughly 178 kilometres from the Ebonyi–Benue boundary through Benue State, Kogi State and Nasarawa State to Oweto Bridge, the minister said the contract for that segment is valued at N685 billion.
While recognising that contractors had encountered funding-related difficulties, Umahi insisted that the Federal Government remained committed to fulfilling all financial obligations attached to the projects.
“The President has assured us that all contractors owed will be paid. Today, there is hardly any state in Nigeria without a construction site under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu,” he said….See More
