The Kaduna government says its ultra-modern Eastern Terminal, designed like an airport terminal, will transform transportation and create thousands of jobs upon completion.

The acting general manager of Kaduna Line and acting director-general of the Kaduna State Transport Regulatory Authority (KADSTRA), Inuwa Ibrahim, disclosed this on Wednesday during an inspection of the project.

Mr Ibrahim said the terminal, located in Millennium City, Kaduna, was being constructed on a 20-hectare site by CGC Nigeria Ltd. He described the facility as the largest ultra-modern transport terminal in terms of size and infrastructure in West Africa’s sub-Saharan region.

According to him, the project features ticketing halls, passenger waiting lounges, multiple terminals, a hotel, restaurants, CNG filling stations, and other modern transport facilities.

“We expect the project to be completed within the next three months for inauguration by Governor Uba Sani,” Mr Ibrahim said.

Mr Ibrahim said Governor Uba Sani’s administration was overhauling Kaduna’s transport system through strategic infrastructure development. He said the reforms were aimed at improving security, urban planning, passenger convenience and economic growth.

According to him, the government first harmonised illegal motor parks after identifying 51 unauthorised parks along a 24-kilometre corridor between Kawo and Command Junction.

Mr Ibrahim stated that the proliferation of illegal parks posed serious security threats and disrupted effective transport regulation, and that the government reopened Mando Motor Park before embarking on the construction of new centralised transport terminals across the state.

He said the Kakuri Southern Terminal, inaugurated in December 2025, had reached about 90 per cent completion. According to him, the terminal will accommodate all transport unions and operators within one centralised facility.

Mr Ibrahim said the complex includes terminals, shops, hotels, a fire safety centre, a filling station, and a vehicle maintenance centre, adding that the Soba Motor Park project had attained about 85 per cent completion.

He explained that the facility would relocate the existing Kawo Motor Park to reduce insecurity and decongest Kaduna metropolis, as security reports linked criminal activities around the park to several incidents, including the killing of a military officer.

On the Eastern Terminal, Mr Ibrahim said the project aligned with the federal government’s Eastern Bypass to divert heavy traffic from Kaduna city centre. He said the terminal was expected to handle about 5,000 vehicles daily upon completion.

Mr Ibrahim disclosed that the project would generate about 15,000 direct and indirect jobs. He added that the three major transport terminal projects would collectively create more than 20,000 employment opportunities.

Mr Ibrahim said the state government was also developing the Kaduna Bus Rapid Transit (KBRT) system and Kaduna Light Rail project, adding that plans were underway to explore water transportation on River Kaduna as part of a comprehensive multimodal transport system.

(NAN)