November 27, (THEWILL) – The Federal Government, on Monday, said palliative road projects in the 36 States and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), would commence before December 1, 2023.
Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, disclosed this on Monday, in response to the growing concerns of the public on the deplorable situations of some Federal roads across the country.
According to the minister, the current administration inherited lots of deplorable sections of roads across the country including the Makurdi-Nsukka 9th Mile Road, East-West Road, Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, Benin bypass road, collapsed bridges of Enugu-Port Harcourt road, collapsed bridges of Shandam-Plateau State, Abuja-Kaduna- Zaria-Kano road and Gombe-Bauchi, etc.
Umahi further disclosed that President Tinubu had approved N100 billion, out of the N300 billion allocated to the Ministry of Works, for immediate palliative works in the 36 States and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
“Mr President has directed that works in those palliative projects must commence before 1st December, 2023, while observing all due process.
“On the sections being frequently complained of by the public in all regions of the North and South of the country, Mr President has equally isolated them and directed immediate actions on them and indeed work has started on all such roads. The public can crosscheck our claims and report back to us”, Umahi added.
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