The implementation period of the supplementary budget was on May 27, 2023 extended by the Ninth National Assembly
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The Federal Roads Maintenance Agency, an agency set up for the monitoring and maintenance of roads recently announced that the ongoing rehabilitation works of a section of the Lagos-Badagry Expressway are currently 88 per cent complete.
FERMA South West 2 Zonal Coordinator, Rufus Onimisi, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Thursday.
Speaking with newsmen, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Federal Roads Maintenance Agency, Senator Gersome Bassey, said N400 billion was required for such projects yearly.
A member of the committee, Yusuf Gadgi, had asked the FERMA boss why their budget had a sudden increase of over N11 billion.
The Agency’s South West II Zonal Coordinator, Rufus Onimisi,
in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos, said that it was currently fixing some bad roads in Olodi-Apapa, Iganmu and Ijora in Lagos, as well as the Gbagi area in Badagry.
Mohammed Nakorji, the Assistant Director Press in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja
Ortom told newsmen at the Benue People’s House in Makurdi that the agency had proven over the years to be ineffective and needed to step up.
This is coming a day after Lagosians complained about the slow pace of work by FERMA, especially on the Third Mainland Bridge section of the repairs
The News Agency of Nigeria checks on Sunday revealed that FERMA was removing asphalt on four portions on the Obalende/Church Missionary Society bound carriageway
The motorists said the action called to question the ability of those in charge to handle matters professionally
The advice is coming against the backdrop of an accident which occurred on the Third Mainland Bridge on Thursday, which left some people injured and several cars destroyed
“The best practice around the world indicates that Nigeria cannot overcome its road infrastructure development challenges unless reforms are embarked upon to reposition the road sector and bring it in synchronies with its peers in the developed and developing nations of the world
Onolememen lamented that in view of the lean allocation for the Ministry in the 2015 Budget, that out of the Ministry’s portfolio of about 210 ongoing road and bridge projects, only 33 have been provided for and the provisions are insufficient to encourage the contractors to sustain appreciable progress of works on site