President Muhammadu Buhari has won the Super Prize Great Builder Award of Excellence for the African Road Builders -Trophee Babacar Ndiaye for the year 2021.
Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, SAN, was also awarded for commitment to road and transport infrastructure in the country during the 2021.
Both men would be presented the award at the dinner ceremony of the Inaugural Conference – “Conference Inaugurale”, in Abuja on Thursday, 31 March, 2022.
The Conference theme is “Building Roads, Building Economies – “Construire Des Routes, Batir Des Economies,” The a press statement signed by the Special Adviser (Comms), Hakeem Bello stated.
With headquarters in Abidjan, Cote d’ Voire, the African Road Builders – Trophee Babacar Ndiaye holds the annual event with the objective of celebrating good examples and encouraging all African countries to improve road and transportation Infrastructure.
The Conference also aims to promote development of road transport in Africa by rewarding each year an African Head of State for significant Improvement in road transport in his country.
The Conference members and participants drawn from some African countries also include; Political authorities from the member countries, Road and Transport Authorities, The African Development Bank, Development Partners operating in the member countries, Local Road and Transport Actors in Nigeria, among others.
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