BUA Group Chairman, Abdul Samad Rabiu, has revealed that the company is constructing over 500 kilometres of federal roads across Nigeria, with all projects scheduled for completion by 2027.
The initiative is being executed under the Federal Government’s Road Infrastructure Tax Credit Scheme and through Public-Private Partnership (PPP) arrangements.
Rabiu disclosed this during the official flag-off of the Kano-Kongollam dual carriageway and the Lekki Deep Sea Port Access Road by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday. He praised the tax credit scheme as a forward-thinking approach to bridging Nigeria’s estimated N30 trillion infrastructure gap.
“By Almighty’s grace, Your Excellency, we intend to complete these projects of over 500km of dual carriageway within the next year,” Rabiu said, reaffirming the company’s commitment to national development under the Renewed Hope Infrastructure Agenda.
Key projects currently being handled by BUA include:
- 132.5 km Kano-Kongollam Road connecting Kano, Jigawa, Katsina States, and Niger Republic
- 20 km sections in three segments of the Lokoja-Benin Highway
- 17.6 km of the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano Road (plus 3 km in Kano)
- 130 km Bode Sadu-Kaiama Road
- 42 km Eyenkorin-Offa Road
- 73 km Lafiaji-Bacita Road
- 37 km Okuta-Kenu Road in Kwara State
Rabiu emphasized the strategic importance of the Okpella–Benin route, describing it as a longstanding bottleneck in the movement of goods across Nigeria’s southern and central regions. “That will soon be history,” he assured.
BUA Group, along with Dangote Group, remains a top contributor under the tax credit scheme. While Dangote completed the 37 km Lekki Deep Sea Port Access Road, BUA is currently responsible for the largest number of roads under the same initiative.
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