By Joyce Remi-Babayeju
The FCT Minister , Barr. Ezenwo Nyesom Wike has reiterated his commitment to complete by December 2024 the construction of the Inner Southern Expressway (ISEX).
Wike made this known in Abuja on Monday, January 29, 2024, when he visited the project sites of the Inner Southern Expressway (ISEX), a 13km stretch of road from the Southern Parkway around the Christian Centre and CBN in the Central Business District to the Galadimawa Interchange.
The minister described the road project as very ambitious and capable of changing the landscape of the city, assured that it would be completed with adequate funding.
Wike inspected the 15km Left Hand Services Carriageway of the Outer Southern Expressway Stage II, from Ring Road I Junction (by Apo Roundabout) to Wasa Junction Abuja, adding that the expressways, when completed, will decongest traffic within the Abuja city centre.
Addressing journalists after the projects inspection said, “We first went to the Inner Southern Expressway, and then we are now on the Outer Southern Expressway. The importance of these two major contracts, they will do a lot to decongest the traffic you see very frequently along this road.”
The Executive Secretary, FCDA, Engr. Shehu Ahmad Hadi in his overview of the infrastructural projects explained that the full scope of development of ISEX stretches from AYA Roundabout to meet the OSEX in Kuje.
He explained that the minister visited the 10 kilometer stretch of road from the Southern Parkway to the Ring Road II, around Galadimawa interchange.
