- Safiu Kehinde
President Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed his pledge on ensuring infrastructural equity across every region in the country.
The President made this known in a post on his official X handle on Monday.
Tinubu, in the post, maintained that his oath was to serve all Nigerians and not a section of the populace.
The President proceeded to highlight some of the infrastructural project his administration had embarked upon across the country.
On road infrastructure, Tinubu mentioned the Lagos–Calabar Highway, Sokoto–Badagry Superhighway, Port Harcourt–Maiduguri rail, Abuja–Kaduna–Kano expressway as well as the Trans-Saharan highway connecting African countries.
He described the projects as national assets, while further highlighting his administration’s interventions across the health, energy, agriculture, and economic sectors.
While maintaining that these are the equity promised under the Renewed Hope, Tinubu noting that no Nigerians is a second class and no region is left behind.
The post read; “I took an oath to serve all Nigerians, not a section. That oath guides every bridge, road, rail, power, and health project we deliver.
“From the Lagos–Calabar Highway in the South to the Sokoto–Badagry Superhighway in the North; from Port Harcourt–Maiduguri rail in the East to Abuja–Kaduna–Kano expressway in the Centre, and the Trans-Saharan highway connecting African countries, these are not local trophies.
“They are our national assets. Health centres are being rehabilitated nationwide, light rail projects in Kano, Kaduna, Lagos & Ogun have been given the green light, 250,000 jobs are being created, power is returning to Kaduna through the revived 255MW power plant, bridges in Onitsha & Bonny reconnect our people, oil exploration is expanding in Bauchi & Gombe, and the AKK pipeline has crossed the Niger.
“Every farmer who needs a road, every trader who needs power, every child who needs a school, every patient who needs care… this is who we are building for.
“This is the equity of Renewed Hope. No Nigerian is second class; no region is left behind. Together we will rise as one nation, one people, and one destiny.”
Meanwhile, attached to the post was an infographic which highlighted the costs of ongoing projects across each region in the country.
The cost of ongoing projects in the Northwest was estimated to be N5.97 trillion while the Northcentral was pegged at N1.13 trillion.
A total of N400 billion was estimated for northeast while the southwest, excluding Lagos state, amounts for N604 billion worth of ongoing Federal Government project.
While the Southeast gulped N407 billion, the Southsouth amassed N2.41 trillion,