The Renewed Hope Ambassadors has said President Bola Tinubu has delivered major development projects across northern Nigeria, noting that the administration has kept the promises made to the region during the 2023 election campaign.

The group made the claim after a media tour of Federal Government projects in the North-West organised in collaboration with the Presidential Media Team.

In a statement issued by its Director of Media and Publicity, Tunde Rahman, the organisation said the tour covered Zuba Junction in the Federal Capital Territory, Kaduna, Kano, Jigawa and Kebbi states.

According to the group, the tour was aimed at assessing the progress of projects being executed under the administration’s Renewed Hope Agenda.

The ambassadors said the Federal Government, through the Federal Ministry of Works, had embarked on 260 special intervention projects across the country, of which 48 are located in the North-West, which covers Kano, Kaduna, Katsina, Jigawa, Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara states.

It said the zone has the highest number of intervention infrastructure projects among the country’s six geopolitical zones.

During the inspection, the delegation visited the ongoing reconstruction of the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano highway. The group said the road is being rebuilt with 20-centimetre concrete pavement and solar-powered streetlights.

It noted that the 82-kilometre first section, stretching from Zuba Junction to beyond Jere, and handled by Infiouest International Construction Company, is almost completed except for about 300 metres.

“Work on the second section has also begun, while completion is expected in November,” the statement noted.

In Kaduna, the delegation inspected the Kaduna Western Bypass, a 21-kilometre dual carriageway which had reportedly been stalled for more than 22 years. The group said work has reached about 50 per cent completion and that funding remains available.

The team also visited the Kaduna-Kano-Katsina-Maradi railway project, which will link several northern states with Niger Republic. It described the rail line as one of the administration’s major infrastructure projects expected to improve movement of goods, agricultural produce and passengers across the region.

According to the statement, work is also progressing on the flyover bridge linked to the railway project in Kaduna, with completion expected in December 2026.

In Kano, the group said the city section of the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano highway has reached 95 per cent completion.

The delegation also inspected projects at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, including a cardiovascular centre, paediatric centre and students’ hostel. It visited the N27 billion irrigation project in Garko, a solar project by the Energy Commission of Nigeria, and a 10-hectare agricultural incubation centre at Bayero University, Kano.

In addition, the team toured the headquarters of the North West Development Commission in Kano and an ecological intervention project in the Wujuwuju-Jakara area valued at N47 billion.

he group said the Jigawa section of the Kaduna-Kano-Katsina-Maradi railway is almost completed, while work on the Kebbi section of the Sokoto-Badagry Super Highway is advancing steadily.

It added that the scale of ongoing projects across the North showed that the administration had remained committed to the region’s development, urging critics to inspect the projects themselves rather than rely on political claims.