By Sani Gazas Chinade, Damaturu
The Damaturu flyover project is about to be completed, because it has reached over 90 per cent completion stage and expected to be open to traffic before the end of this month.
The Triacta Nigeria company manager of the project, Mr. Fadi Abid stated this on Saturday during an interview with newsmen in Damaturu the state capital
Speaking about the progress, Abid said all concrete works, including retaining walls and earthworks such as laterite filling, compaction and stone base installation, have been fully completed.
“We are currently working on the asphalt phase, specifically the binder layer. After that, we will proceed with walkways and finishing works like painting and other final touches,” the project manager stated.
He added that the ongoing project at the site has recorded more than 30 per cent completion and all works are expected to be fully completed by December 2026 respectively.
“By design, the flyover is expected to last for a minimum of 50 years and certainly it could last much longer,” he stated.
In his speech, the Director of Planning, Research and Statistics at the Yobe State Ministry of Works, Engr. Hassan Musa Ibrahim, disclosed that the work is divided into two phases: the flyover and adjoining road infrastructure.
He said the contract was awarded on February 21, 2025, with a one-year completion period. An additional contract for a 5.3km dual carriageway on both sides, including medians, kerbs, culverts and green areas, awarded in August 2025.
“Initially, the government paid 50 per cent mobilisation, while subsequent payments were made based on certified stages of work completed,” Ibrahim revealed.
He added that the government is expected to settle the contractor’s final certificate before the end of the month.
The Yobe State Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Rajab Muhammad Isma’il, who led journalists to a tour of several project sites, expressed satisfaction with the quality of work executed by Governor Mai Mala Buni’s administration.
Rajab noted that journalists, as the fourth estate of the realm and watchdogs of the society, have a social responsibility to assess and report on government performance for the benefit of citizens at large.
He appreciates the state Governor Mai Mala Buni for fulfilling the promise he made during the election campaign for conducting the developmental project to his people.
