Our roads are a logistical, economic, and political nightmare; the Federal Government awarded a N6.2 billon contract to Julius Berger for the rehabilitation of about 8 kilometres of the Apapa-Oshodi expressway section from Beach land junction to Cele Bus stop, this amounts to an average of N 775 million per kilometre. Nigeria has about 194,000 kilometers of roads out of which about 90 percent is poorly constructed. The highways carry about 65 percent of the total road traffic. The underlying fact is that the entire country is still very poorly linked, particularly the rural areas. And for a country seeking to be one of the leading 20 economies by 2020, it is still groping for ways around its bad riding road quality, poor geometrics, insufficient road pavement thickness and proper road maintenance process.
Road users annually lose about N450 billion to bad roads . Commuters are forced to pay exorbitantly for what ever distance they travel and the vehicle owners spend 80 percent of their income repairs. The bad roads account for about 20,000 premature deaths annually and induce the highest rate of road robberies in the world.
Please who regulates our Ministry of Works? they are supposed to be in charge of road repairs, maintenance and construction. Who ensures that the N132.79 billion budget allocation for 2011 is used the right way? What is the N50 billion earmarked for Presidential Intervention Projects meant to achieve?
Road users annually lose about N450 billion to bad roads . Commuters are forced to pay exorbitantly for what ever distance they travel and the vehicle owners spend 80 percent of their income repairs. The bad roads account for about 20,000 premature deaths annually and induce the highest rate of road robberies in the world.
Please who regulates our Ministry of Works? they are supposed to be in charge of road repairs, maintenance and construction. Who ensures that the N132.79 billion budget allocation for 2011 is used the right way? What is the N50 billion earmarked for Presidential Intervention Projects meant to achieve?
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