The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola yesterday announced his plan to improve Nigerian roads at a news conference tagged “Setting the Agenda for Delivering Change”.
Here are 5 key things to know about this plan
1) The Federal Government will re-introduce highway tolling to raise additional funds to finance road infrastructure and ensure efficient road maintenance.
2) The nation’s road infrastructure would generate job opportunities and reduce unemployment in the country.
3) There will be a big focus on maintenance. A robust maintenance regime to keep highways in good shape will be set up.
4) To execute the plan, technology will be used. People will pay by tokens or tickets so the is made accountable and it will go to the right place.
5) Mr. Fashola said as a short-term strategy, the ministry would start with quick completion of ongoing inter-state roads in order to facilitate connectivity, before working on those that bear heavy traffic.
The full text from the news conference is available here
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