Nigeria: Construction of $15.6bn Abidjan-Lagos Highway to Benefit 40m West Africans – Fashola

When completed, the construction of the 1,028-kilometre Abidjan-Lagos highway would benefit at least 40 million West Africans, the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN), said at the weekend.

The highway estimated to cost $15.6 billion which is expected to have significant impact on the economies of five regional countries, namely: Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin and Nigeria, he said, remained firmly on course.

Speaking at the 16th inter-ministerial meeting of the group in…