The Ministerial Steering Committee of the Abidjan–Lagos Corridor Highway Development Project convened its Project Statutory meeting in Lome, Togo on the 30 October 2026, bringing together Ministers, Engineers, Senior officials and Development Partners from Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, and Nigeria to take decisive steps on the phasing of construction, Right of Way acquisition, and mobilisation of financing for one of West Africa’s most transformative infrastructure initiative.
Addressing the meeting, the Chairman of the Steering Committee, the Minister of Public Works, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Engr. David Nweze Umahi, emphasised the need to harmonize the collective efforts of the Five Member States to drive the next phase of the project. Equally, Ministers of the Republic of Ghana, Togo, Cote d‘ Iviore and Benin expressed the economic transformation the corridor will bring to the region and renewed the commitment to ensure the project advances to the construction phase, while urging ALCoMA, ECOWAS, AfDB, Country Engineers and stakeholders to prioritize support Member States raise the needed resources to cover Right of Way acquisition, Debt and Equity contributions for the Construction.
