Tag Archives: roads

Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi has launched the dualisation of the 9.7km Saki Township Road along Oke Ogun Poly-Ilesha Ibaruba Road. The Nation reports that he said the state has not collected its share of the Paris Club funds given to some states by the Federal Government. The governor said the state was excluded in the initial disbursement, adding that ...

Enugu State Governor,  Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has appealed to the Federal Government to refund the over N22 billion the state spent on the repair of its roads, to enable it undertake other crucial development projects. The Nation reports that the governor spoke in Enugu when the House of Representatives Committee on Works visited him at the Government House. He decried the ...

Federal Government has opposed the plan by the Senate to scrap the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) and replace it with the Federal Roads Authority (FRA). The Guardian reports that the upper chamber of the National Assembly was wanting to repeal the Act establishing the agency having being sponsored by the chairman of its Committee on Works, Kabiru Gaya (APC ...

The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Jigawa State Command, Mr. Angus Ibeizim, revealed that no fewer than 79 persons died in 149 road accidents in Jigawa State since January. Vanguard reports that he made this known while flagging off the 2016 ember months campaign in Dutse, yesterday. According to him, road accidents can be minimised, if traffic rules are ...

According to Vanguard, as the February 1, 2017, deadline placed by the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, on speed limiters draws nearer, transporters, private and public vehicle owners have besieged Purple Global Services & Technologies Africa, the company which specializes in installing the device in vehicles. Vanguard reports that the Director of Purple Global Services and Technologies Africa Limited, Mr. ...

The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, yesterday, made it known that it had arrested over 2,600 motorists for not installing the speed limiting device in their vehicles. According to Vanguard, the Commander of Rivers State Sector Command, Andrew Kumakpayi, spoke in Port Harcourt during a health programme organized for tanker drivers in conjunction with Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, and Medical Women’s ...

The Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria, COREN, yesterday, said that Nigeria needs about N3 trillion to address the huge road infrastructural deficit. Vanguard reports that National President of COREN, Kasim Ali, disclosed this in the position paper presented at the public hearing on the repeal of Federal Roads Maintenance Agency Act N7 LFN 2002 and establishment of ...

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, on Thursday, has made it known that he is totally committed to delivering the ongoing Lagos-Badagry Expressway expansion project before the end of 2019. Speaking to journalists shortly after embarking on an inspection of ongoing projects across the State, the governor said the project was a major economic catalyst for Lagos which would boost economic ...

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. ...

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Sector Commander in Ogun State, Mr Clement Oladele has made it known that Julius Berger Nigeria Plc, will temporarily close a section of the Ibadan/Lagos corridor by Sagamu Interchange to effect repair. Vanguard reports that Oladele disclosed this on Thursday in Abeokuta. Oladele said that Julius Berger Nigeria Plc had informed the FRSC that ...