Editing Transport in Nigeria (section)

== Roads ==
[[File:Asphalt paver working.jpg|thumb|Road maintenance in Nigeria]]
[[File:Asphalt works.jpg|thumb|Road construction in Nigeria]]
[[File:Second-Niger-bridge-oct-2022.jpg|thumb|The Second Niger Bridge]]
[[File:Tricycles DJI 0979.jpg|thumb|[[Tricycle|Tricycles]] (Keke Napep) are commonplace in many Northern cities of Nigeria]]
{{main|Federal Highway System of Nigeria}}
Nigeria’s roads and highways form the backbone of the country’s transport network, as these arteries handle 90% of all passenger and freight traffic, according to the NIIMP. As it is the largest segment – contributing N2.4trn ($6.4bn) to GDP in 2020, down from N2.7trn ($7.2bn) the year before – the government is focused on both servicing existing roads – many of which are in poor condition or unpaved – and constructing new ones. Towards this end, the 2021 budget earmarked N168bn ($451.2m) for the construction, rehabilitation and dualisation of roads. The package also set aside N54bn ($144.2m) for building and renovating bridges, and N4bn ($10.7m) specifically for the rehabilitation of a mainland bridge in Lagos.<ref name=":0" />

One key project is the rehabilitation and expansion of the 35-km Apapa-Oshodi-Oworonshoki-Ojota Expressway in Lagos, linking the city’s largest port to the Ojata district. As vehicle ownership is on the rise, traffic is common in the country’s most populous city. In January 2021 Funso Adebiyi, director of highway construction and rehabilitation at the Ministry of Works and Housing, told local press that the first phase of the project was set to be completed in April of that year, with the entirety of the expansion delivered in December. Nigerian conglomerate [[Dangote Group]] began work on the expressway in 2018, and the overhaul is the artery’s first since it was built in 1978, with the group adding 10 lanes and repairing connections with other roads. Another priority project was the 43-km Obajana-Kabba link in Kogi State. Completed in January 2021, it is Nigeria’s largest concrete road and links the north and south of the country. As concrete is more durable than asphalt, it is less susceptible to potholes and, as such, requires less maintenance.<ref name=":0" />

The government has worked to attract private partners and investment to carry out and finance key projects. For example, the Dangote Group received a 10-year tax rebate worth N73bn ($194.9m) for the Apapa-Oshodi-Oworonshoki-Ojota Expressway as part of a government programme to offer incentives such as tax breaks to private companies to help execute necessary roadworks. Moreover, in May 2020 the government issued its third ''sukuk'' (Islamic bond), worth N162.6bn ($434.1m), to fund infrastructure projects such as road rehabilitation.<ref name=":0" />

In 2024, the Federal government of Nigeria started the construction of 700km coastal highway from Lagos - Calabar which will pass through 9 states and reduce travel times among the 9 states.<ref>{{Cite web |last=David |first=Tarkaa |date=2024-03-07 |title=Federal Gov't Begins Construction Of 700km Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road |url=https://leadership.ng/federal-govt-begins-construction-of-700km-lagos-calabar-coastal-road/ |access-date=2024-04-28 |language=en-US}}</ref>

===International highways===

Nigeria's strategic location and size results in four routes of the [[Trans-African Highway network]] using its national road system:
* The [[Trans-Sahara Highway]] to [[Algeria]] is almost complete but border security issues may hamper its use in the short term.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Trans-Sahara highway may soon widen African trade - CSMonitor.com|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/layout/set/amphtml/1980/1224/122441.html|website=www.csmonitor.com|access-date=2020-05-30}}</ref>
* The [[Trans-Sahelian Highway]] to [[Dakar]] is substantially complete.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=la-caravane-bamako-dakar|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2210-7975_hrd-5510-0003|access-date=2021-06-25|website=Human Rights Documents online|doi=10.1163/2210-7975_hrd-5510-0003|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
* The [[Trans–West African Coastal Highway]] starts in [[Nigeria]], connecting it westwards to [[Benin]], [[Togo]], [[Ghana]] and [[Ivory Coast]] with feeder highways to landlocked [[Burkina Faso]] and [[Mali]]. When construction in [[Liberia]] and [[Sierra Leone]] is finished, the highway will continue seven other [[Economic Community of West African States]] (ECOWAS) nations further west.<ref name="NEPAD">[https://www.un.org/ecosocdev/geninfo/afrec/vol20no3/203-highways.html Itai Madamombe (2006): "NEPAD promotes better transport networks".] ''Africa Renewal'', Vol.20 No 3 (October 2006), page 14.</ref>
*The [[Lagos-Mombasa Highway]] has been awaited for many decades to kick-start trade across the continent. It does provide improved highway links to neighbouring [[Cameroon]], but its continuation across [[DR Congo]] to [[East Africa]] is lacking, as are highways from Cameroon to [[Central Africa]] and [[Southern Africa]], which could boost trade within the continent.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2007-07-11|title=PPE is working|url=http://www.afdb.org/portal/page|access-date=2021-06-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070711060123/http://www.afdb.org/portal/page|archive-date=2007-07-11}}</ref>