The Sokoto and Zamfara State governments have completed the repairs of the 214 kilometres Sokoto-Gusau federal highway at the cost of N100 million.
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Tag: Road Maintenance
FASHOLA SHOULD ‘STOP FLYING AND START USING ROADS’
Emmanuel Bello, a former commissioner of information in Kogi State, says the minister in charge of roads should stop flying and start using roads to know how bad they are.
Continue reading »FG, PRIVATE FIRMS TO SIGN MOU ON REPAIR OF WHARF ROAD, APAPA
— Govt wants clarity on firms’ offerings, roads redesigned for concrete construction – Fashola The Federal Government and a group of undisclosed private firms are shortly expected to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which would enable them invest over N100 billion in the reconstruction of the decrepit Wharf Road in Apapa, Lagos State, the Minister of Power, Works and […]
Continue reading »TRUCKERS, FREIGHT FORWARDERS WITHDRAW SERVICES FROM LAGOS PORTS, TERMINALS OVER ROADS
Members of the Amalgamation of Trucking Associations with Other Stakeholders in Maritime Industry on Monday withdrew their services from the Lagos ports and bonded terminals to press their demand for the fixing of dilapidated port roads.
Continue reading »FG’S OBLIGATIONS TO ROAD CONTRACTS VALUED AT N2.6TN
The Federal Government’s total contractual commitment to the construction sector particularly roads and bridges is currently valued at about N2.6 trillion.
Continue reading »FG APPROVES N54BN FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF DILAPIDATED ODUKPANI-IKOT EKPENE ROAD
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) wednesday approved whooping N54 billion for the reconstruction of popular but collapsed Odukpani-Itu-Ikot Ekpene federal highway in Cross River State.
Continue reading »FED GOVT COMPLETES REPAIRS ON ABUJA-KADUNA ROAD
The Federal Government on Tuesday inaugurated the Abuja-Kaduna road which was given an emergency facelift with the sum of N1.1 billion. Mr Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, who inaugurated road, commended the contractor for completing the project on scheduled. He said the project was awarded on Jan. 7 with completion period of 50 days.
Continue reading »NDDC DEBUNKS BAYELSA’S CLAIM ON ROAD REHABILITATION
The Niger Delta Development Commission has debunked claims by the Bayelsa State Government on the rehabilitation of 14 roads in the state. The Acting Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of NDDC, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, in a statement in Yenagoa on Sunday described as “untrue and shocking” recent claims by the Bayelsa State Government that it was intervening on the same roads […]
Continue reading »AJAO ESTATE, NAVIGATING POTHOLE INFESTED ROADS
Residents of Ajao Estate, and other road users in that flank of Isolo Local Council of Lagos State, are counting their losses, over the gradual deterioration of roads in the area. The daily worsening condition of the roads, which has seen potholes taking over them, has got the residents wondering whether state and local government authorities have forgotten about them. […]
Continue reading »WHO WILL SAVE APAPA-IJORA BRIDGE FROM COLLAPSE?
Residents of Apapa and those doing one form of business or the other in the town were jolted penultimate Saturday when they woke up to see that a portion of the Apapa-Ijora Bridge has caved-in. The bridge, which is a major entry point into Apapa, where Nigeria’s busiest and most utilised seaports; Wharf, Tincan and Apapa Ports are located, has […]
Continue reading »APC SEEKS DUALISATION OF CALABAR-ITU HIGHWAY
The All Progressives Congress in Akwa Ibom State has called on the Federal Government to urgently dualise Calabar-Itu highway, as the project had been captured in the 2016 budget. A statement addressed to the Minister of Transport, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, and signed by the state Chairman of the party, Dr. Amadu Atai, on Sunday, said the road has become impassable […]
Continue reading »OLD OJO ROAD: WAITING FOR AMBODE’S INTERVENTION
For residents of Mazamaza-Agboju-Satellite town axis of Amuwo-Odofin Local Council, navigating through the Old Ojo Road as they commute from home to their respective places of work daily is a grievous pain they cannot wait to have a relief. The long stretch of road from Mazamaza that terminates at Abule Oshun has many sizes of craters dotting it. It is […]
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