At the opening ceremony, Nigerian President Buhari, who used to live in Kaduna, said with a smile: "This place has changed so much, I can no longer find my way home!" Buhari said that China's high-standard construction of highways The project benefits people's livelihood, promotes development, and refreshes the city of Kaduna State. Kaduna State Governor Ruffay, who also participated in the opening ceremony, also praised the rapid progress and high quality of the project, which has enhanced the economic competitiveness of Kaduna State, as well as the residents' happiness and quality of life.

Convenient travel

It is reported that the total length of this series of highway projects undertaken by China Civil Engineering is 59 kilometers, including the construction and renovation of 19 municipal roads, of which 13 roads have been completed on schedule with high quality. Since the start of construction in 2019, the Chinese civil engineering project team has made every effort to overcome the adverse impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, and pushed forward the implementation of the project to face the difficulties, so that Kaduna State will put on "new clothes" on the occasion of the New Year, bringing a brand new experience to the local people. travel experience.

The project is a major livelihood project implemented by the Kaduna State Government. After the project is completed, it will greatly reduce road congestion, open up dead ends, effectively improve the urban traffic environment, and strengthen the connection between urban and suburban road networks.

"This used to be a turntable. There were so many people and cars on both sides of the market that it took 20 minutes to pass through each time." The local minibus driver said with emotion, passing through the new No. 4 highway under the project. The underpass is amazing, there is no traffic jams anymore and I can still pull a few more passengers a day.”

It's not just minibus drivers who feel the convenience. Take Highway No. 1 in the project as an example. This road connects the Eastern Ring Road of Kaduna and the urban area of Kaduna, with a total length of 5.7 kilometers, which can be regarded as the main artery of local traffic. According to Abdul, the project consultant, it used to take 1.5 hours for villagers in the eastern region to go to the urban area. After Uma Musa Road is completed and opened to traffic, the villagers in the eastern region only need a 10-minute drive to reach the urban area, where they can go shopping and do business in the city. More convenient.

In addition, the completion of Highway 1 has also led to the development of wasteland on both sides of the road. Major real estate companies have poured in one after another, and houses have risen from the ground, which has greatly accelerated the urbanization process in the eastern region, which will also become Kadu. A new growth pole for the Nasdaq economy.

teach a man to fish

During the construction of the project, China Civil Engineering has created more than 2,500 jobs for the local area, effectively solving the employment problem of some local people. At the same time, China Civil Engineering regularly conducts skills training for local workers of different types of work to help them improve their work ability and workplace competitiveness.

"In the 5 years since I joined the company, from intern to field engineer to business manager, I have continued to learn and grow, and I have lived my ideal life step by step." Bello is from Zaria, Kaduna, and his hometown is far from Kadu. It takes 2 hours to drive to the project department of Nacheng District. After graduating from university, he joined China Civil Engineering Nigeria Company and was assigned to the new and renovated project of 19 municipal roads in Kaduna. Now he has become the business manager of the project.

"Now, I have bought a car of my own, and driving home to visit my parents every weekend is the happiest thing." Talking about the future, Bello is full of hope, "I will continue to work hard and save money for myself and my parents. build a house".

During the implementation of the project, China Civil Engineering also actively fulfilled its social responsibilities, donating anti-epidemic materials to the local area, assisting the local government in repairing community hospitals and roads, and sponsoring public welfare football games organized by the state government, etc., to continuously contribute to the improvement of local society and people's livelihood.

Take root locally

Grow together with Nigeria - this is the philosophy that China Civil Engineering has adhered to in the 40 years since it entered the Nigerian market. In recent years, the company has implemented a series of interconnection projects in Nigeria, such as Akka Railway, Rai Railway, Abuja City Railway, Abuja International Airport New Terminal, Badagray Expressway, etc. Facility construction expands upstream and downstream businesses such as planning, design, operation and maintenance, and provides higher-quality comprehensive infrastructure services for the local area.

It is worth mentioning that in the face of the challenges caused by the epidemic to logistics and project construction, the company has cooperated with more than 200 local suppliers of materials, equipment and materials. All of them have achieved local procurement, and the company's local procurement ratio is as high as 80%, helping Nigeria to transform its population advantages and resource advantages into development advantages.

"Take the road, seek win-win results, and plan for the long-term." Zhang Zhichen, general manager of China Civil Engineering Nigeria Company, said that the company insists on treating each other with sincerity, actively fulfills its corporate social responsibility, organizes and participates in various community activities, and contributes to Nigeria's economic and social development and people's lives. Quality improvement brings real change. Especially after the outbreak, the company, while coordinating its own epidemic prevention and control, actively helped Nigeria to rush to build a makeshift hospital for patients with new coronary pneumonia. Among them, the Abuja Today Theater makeshift hospital was praised by the Nigerian Ministry of Health as "the best hospital in Nigeria". Cabin Hospital". "Middle-earth Speed" and "Middle-earth Power" illustrate the brotherhood of China and Nepal sharing weal and woe.

At the same time, China Civil Engineering has also actively explored investment business, and jointly invested and built the Lekki Free Trade Zone with Chinese and Nigerian companies, which has become a model of China-Africa Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone and a pilot for Nigeria to build a special economic zone. The Lekki Free Trade Zone provides one-stop services for enterprises, attracting many manufacturing, trade and logistics enterprises to invest more than 2 billion US dollars in the park, creating a cumulative output value of 420 million US dollars, solving the employment of more than 230,000 local people, and accumulatively training qualified local people. More than 5,000 technicians have driven the development of Nigeria's industrialization. Keywords: One Belt One Road, One Belt One Road News, One Belt One Road Project

"China and Africa are going to the future together!" Jiang Yigao, executive director of China Civil Engineering Nigeria, told reporters that the company will continue to uphold the enterprise spirit of "diligence, integrity, and tenacity", deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, accelerate interconnection, and expand China-Nigeria mutually beneficial cooperation. New kinetic energy, high-quality Create more projects for people's livelihood and people's hearts, and promote the joint construction of the Belt and Road in Nigeria.Editor/XuNing