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The Federal Roads Maintenance Agency has called on the Federal Government to provide more funding for road projects. The Managing Director of the FERMA, Mr. Nurudeen Rafindadi said the decline of good roads and increase of bad roads could be linked to inadequate funding. He made this known in Owerri, Imo State, at the agency’s annual lectures and awards. Rafindadi ...

Delta Governor, Senator (Dr.) Ifeanyi Okowa has called on the Federal Government to re-assess all roads constructed over 20 years ago with a view to reconstructing failed ones. He made the call on Sunday while inspecting ongoing work on failed portions of Warri-Benin highway being reconstructed by the state government. The governor said that many federal roads across the country ...

Residents of the Ibafo community have called on the Ogun State Government to rehabilitate the link roads in the Ofada Mokoloki Local Council Development Area of the state, which are in urgent need of attention. The residents, while lamenting the difficulties of daily commuting, said the roads required urgent attention due to the closure of a part of the Lagos-Ibadan ...

About 7,000 industries in Ota, Ogun State, are currently being threatened by the dilapidated and poor roads network linking the commercial hubs of the gateway state. Investigations showed that scores of the industries in Ota Industrial Estate, and at Agbara Industrial hub, are groaning under the poor environment that has stunted efforts at growing their businesses. This is because movement ...

The Lagos State Public Works Corporation (LSPWC) has begun full scale routine repair and rehabilitation of roads across the state. This is in fulfillment of the executive order on zero tolerance for potholes in Lagos State declared by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The General Manager of the Lagos State Public Works Corporation (LSPWC), Engr Olufemi Daramola stated this on Thursday, during ...

A two-kilometre road connecting Mabushi-Jahi has been in a bad condition for years and the neglect by the FCT authorities is causing concern to residents and others who ply the road. The road, which passes between Setraco building and Zeus Paradise Hotel, starts off on Sani Abacha Way, crosses Ahmadu Bello Way by Next Cash and Carry and links up ...

Bad roads – SENATOR Iyiola Omisore, the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Osun State, has lamented the bad roads network in the state, just as he promised their repairs and construction of new ones to bring relief to motorists and other road users in the state. He gave this promise during his campaign tour of Ile-Ogbo and ...

Governor Abdul’aziz Yari of Zamfara, on Tuesday, decried delay in the delivery of the ongoing 61 Kilometres road linking Dauran Town in Zurmi Local Government Area to Birnin Magaji and Kaura Namoda Towns. Yari expressed the concern while inspecting the ongoing projects in the state. Reports show that the contract was awarded in 2016 at the cost of over N4 ...

Many residents in estates within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have decried lack of functional social amenities. Some stakeholders told journalists of their anger and frustration. They stressed the need for relevant government agencies to intervene and ensure provision of essential infrastructure in the estates. A resident of Cajaah Estate, Nwagbara Ihueze, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that ...

The Guardian reports that residents of Lawal Street, Ikoti Street and its environs in Shasha community in Alimosho Local Council of Lagos State have decried the deplorable state of the roads in the area. Some of the residents, who spoke to The Guardian lamented the pathetic state of the roads, which have endangered lives and property, especially when it rains. ...