The procurement was meant for states ravaged by insecurity, said humanitarian affairs minister Sadiya Farouq.
“Our promise of change as a party and government is manifesting in the area of road transport infrastructure.”
“The American government is struggling to get authorisation from their own parliament to start what we are already doing.”
The minister said “President Buhari has achieved what even the US Government is trying to do in terms of infrastructure.”
Nigerians had long feared Mr Tinubu’s presidential ambition would be borne by the politician’s vessel of ill-gotten cash and unredeemed favours.
A former attorney general and commissioner for justice in Lagos Olasupo Shasore is being grilled by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) operatives.
Mr Fani-Kayode once referred to Yahaya Bello as a “boy,” a “useful idiot” and “an accursed slave with non-functional mental faculties.”
He was also said to have stationed policemen at the entrance, to ensure the enforcement of his orders.
One of the roads, the Vandeikya-Obudu Cattle Ranch Road in Tsua, Benue, was awarded to the CCECC at N6.6 billion.
A works ministry official said that the directive was to ease the suffering of travelers as they travel to celebrate the Christmas and New Year.
