We’ll Make 2,000KM of Road Motorable in 2016′ – Minister

The Federal Government has promised to make about 2,000 kilometres of road network motorable. in 2016.

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, disclosed this while answering questions at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja on Wednesday, May 18.

Fashola said that the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration is focusing on completing all strategic roads that demand urgent attention before undertaking other road rehabilitation projects.

“There are roads that only sections of them are bad. There are roads that are really devastated that need to be totally rebuilt,”the Minister said.

“And so, that is why our target is to make about 2,000 km of roads motorable network this year.

“So, the way I explained it then makes sense. We are not building 2,000 km roads. Our budget cannot build 2,000 kilometres of roads in one budget year.

“But because there are bad sections, there are failed sections (and) there are sections that need to be repaired.

“If we do all of that, then Nigerians will have a pleasant riding and travelling experience over about 2,000 kilometres of road network.

“And we can do that year-on-year over the next three years.”