The Senate is proposing the return of tolls on federal roads and the setting aside of 0.5 per cent of transport fares paid by mass transit passengers for inter-state trips to generate funds for the rehabilitation and maintenance of roads in the country.
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Several groups have rejected the reintroduction of tolling on federal roads by the Federal Government. They said the move showed that the President Muhammadu Buhari administration was “insensitive” to the plight of Nigerians, especially during this period of economic recession. The groups also said it was not right for the Federal Government to re-introduce tolling on roads in the country, […]
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The Senate has passed a motion for the reintroduction of toll gates on Federal roads in the country. In the motion, Suleiman Nazif, a Senator from Bauchi North, who sponsored it, expressed dismay over the state of roads in the country, saying they had become a “national shame and embarrassment”. He said the re-establishment of toll gates would solve “the […]
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