FG Spends N6.47tn on Infrastructure as Highways Take Lion’s Share
The Federal Government spent N6.47 trillion on strategic infrastructure projects between June 2023 and December 2025, with major highway projects accounting for more than half of the total expenditure.
An analysis of the newly released Federal Government Nigeria Reform Scorecard on savings from fuel subsidy removal, titled “The Benefits, Costs and Harm Prevented,” showed that the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway received the largest allocation among the strategic infrastructure projects listed, with N2.23tn disbursed for its construction.
The Sokoto-Badagry Superhighway ranked second with N1.11tn, while N489.3bn was spent on the Trans-Sahara Superhighway. Combined, the three highway projects accounted for about N3.83tn of the N6.47tn allocated to strategic infrastructure during the period under review.
The scorecard, which covered June 2023 to December 2025, outlined how the Federal Government deployed additional fiscal resources generated or made available through its economic reform measures.
According to the document, the government recorded incremental expenditure of N30.64tn during the period, with N6.47tn directed towards strategic infrastructure development.
On Wednesday, the Federal Government disclosed that it had spent N30.64tn to cushion the impact of petrol subsidy removal and other major economic reforms, while the reforms generated N15.8tn in savings for the Federation.
Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele, said the removal of the petrol subsidy and the unification of the foreign exchange market helped mobilise N15.8tn in additional resources for the Federation during the period.
Further analysis of the scorecard showed that the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, one of the four legacy road projects of the current administration, received N2.23tn, representing about 34 per cent of the N6.47tn spent on strategic infrastructure.
The Sokoto-Badagry Superhighway received N1.11tn, while N489.3bn was allocated to the Trans-Sahara Superhighway. Other significant expenditures included N366bn for emergency road intervention projects and N304.2bn for Section II of the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano Road.
The Federal Government also allocated N291.3bn to the Lekki Deep Sea Port Access Road, N250bn to the Renewed Hope Smallholder Support Programme and N228.4bn to the Ilesha-Akure-Benin road section.
The scorecard also recorded N124.7bn for the construction of 1,550 housing units for personnel of the Nigerian Armed Forces, while N109.9bn was spent on Operation Lake Sanity, a multinational security operation.
The Ministry of Finance said the infrastructure interventions were designed to tackle longstanding constraints to investment and economic growth.
The spending comes as the Federal Government continues to pursue major road and transport infrastructure projects amid growing pressure from rising debt-service obligations, wage adjustments and other recurrent expenditures.