Sukuk Bond funding 25 road projects in Nigeria – Buhari

President Buhari has disclosed that the N100 billion Sukuk Bond raised in Nigeria, is funding work in 25 road projects both in the country.

He made the disclosure as part of his presentation of the 2019 budget. He listed the following projects as projects being funded by the Sukuk fund:

a. Construction of the Oju/Loko-Oweto bridge over River Benue

b. Dualisation of section of Abuja-Abaji-Lokoja Road

c. Dualisation of section of Suleja-Minna Road

d. Dualisation of section of Lokoja-Benin Road (Obajana – Okene)

e. Dualisation of section of Kano – Maiduguri Road linking Kano-Jigawa-Bauchi-Yobe

f. Dualisation of section of Kano-Katsina Road

g. Dualisation of section of Kano Western By-Pass

h. Construction of Kaduna Eastern By-Pass

i. Rehabilitation of outstanding section of Onitsha-Enugu Expressway

j. Rehabilitation of Enugu-Port Harcourt Road

k. Dualisation of section of Yenegoa Road Junction