President Bola Tinubu is scheduled to inaugurate the construction work of the 1000-km Sokoto-Badagry Coastal Highway in August.
The Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, disclosed this during a stakeholder engagement on the project in Birnin Kebbi.
Umahi said that he was directed by the president to come to Kebbi with some ministers and members of the National Assembly to unveil the scope of the project.
The project is the old West African Trade Route, and the processes for the commencement of the construction of the 1000km six-lane super highway are in progress..
The Minister added that the Sokoto-Badagry corridor boasts 53 dams that would be developed for agriculture and electricity and serve as trade routes with other African countries.