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Sokoto-Badagry Highway: Atiku blasts Tinubu over additional $516m foreign loan request

Thursday, April 23, 2026

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has condemned President Bola Tinubu’s request for a new $516 million foreign loan to fund the Sokoto‑Badagry Superhighway, warning that the financing could burden the

Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President, has faulted the request by President Bola Tinubu’s government for the approval of a fresh $516 million external loan to finance portions of the Sokoto–Badagry Superhighway project. In a statement on Thursday by his spokesperson, Phrank Shaibu, Atiku noted that infrastructure development—particularly one that seeks to connect the Northwest to […] Sokoto-Badagry Highway: Atiku blasts Tinubu over additional $516m foreign loan request