REPS APPROVE TINUBU’S $516.33M LOAN FOR SOKOTO-BADAGRY SUPERHIGHWAY

April 29, 2026

The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved President Bola Tinubu’s request to secure a $516.33m loan from Deutsche Bank to finance Section I of the ambitious Sokoto-Badagry Superhighway project, a key infrastructure initiative under the administration’s Renewed Hope Agenda.


The approval followed the consideration of the President’s request by the Committee of Supply during plenary presided over by Speaker Tajudeen Abbas.



Meanwhile, The Member, House of Representatives and founder of Tinubu Support Group, Hon James Faleke, on Tuesday afternoon, took custody of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential expression of interest and nomination forms for the re-election of President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general elections.


Faleke was handed the forms by the officials of the ruling party at the Continental Hotels in Abuja, venue of the ruling party’s sale of the nomination forms ahead of next month’s party primaries

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