President Bola Tinubu pledged on Tuesday that Nigeria has moved past the cycle of abandoning infrastructure projects midway through completion. Speaking through Senate President Godswill Akpabio at the opening of the 13-kilometre Gomani-Dafa-Yangoji road in the FCT, Tinubu committed to rolling out development programmes across every state until the nation achieves developed-nation status.
The event marked three years since Tinubu took office as president. He framed the newly constructed road network as physical proof of his renewed hope agenda, which he said prioritises tangible results over rhetoric.
"I'm pleased to commission this newly completed 13km stretch of Gomani-Dafa-Yangoji road, and this is renewed hope made visible for the good people of Kwali and the FCT, not in speeches but in asphalt, bridges and in light," Tinubu said.
The president stressed that development must reach ordinary Nigerians spread across the country, not just those clustered in major cities. He argued that the capital can't function as a divided place with some areas cut off from progress.
According to him, the road will link Gomani-Dafa-Yangoji residents to markets, schools, and economic opportunities they previously lacked. For years, he noted, poor road conditions trapped rural communities and prevented young people from accessing better prospects.
"Crops rot away before reaching the markets, young people left because they wrote to their ears that it's impossible, instead of bringing them up, the roads were bringing them down but those things have changed today," Tinubu said.
He underscored that his administration prioritises delivering results rather than making excuses. "The era of starting projects only to abandon them is over," the president insisted.
Tinubu vowed his government will fund, complete, and maintain every infrastructure project it launches. He said every naira of public money spent must translate into measurable value for citizens.
"We would keep laying it district by district, council by council and state by state until Nigeria becomes a developed nation," he added.
