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Coalition Group Urges Pres Tinubu to Declare State of Emergency on Southern Federal Roads

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 09:00:17 +0000

The Coalition of Southern Groups (CSG) has called on President Bola Tinubu to urgently declare a state of emergency on all federal roads across the southern region, citing severe road conditions that hinder access to Abuja and other states. At its inaugural media briefing in Abuja on Thursday, the coalition advocated for a law requiring [...]

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Ogun Assembly Urges FERMA to Address Deteriorating Federal Roads

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 12:00:46 +0000

The Ogun State House of Assembly has called on the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) to intensify efforts in repairing deteriorating federal roads across the state, particularly the Abeokuta-Ibadan road. Speaker of the House, Oludaisi Elemide, made the appeal during Tuesday’s plenary session held at the Assembly Complex in Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta. Elemide emphasized the need [...]

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Tolling: FG plans concession for more federal roads

Temitope Nlewemchi — Sun, 22 Aug 2021 20:21:41 +0000

Aside from the 12 federal highways that are already up for concession, more roads under the control of the Federal Government are going to be managed by concessionaires, our correspondent has learnt. It was gathered that the proposed tolling of roads by the Federal Government would be on the 12 highways under the Highway Development [...]

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Reconstruction of Federal Roads: House of Reps Committee on Works commends Governor Umahi

Ade Adewale — Sat, 10 Dec 2016 21:09:11 +0000

The Government of Ebonyi State has been lauded by the House of Representatives Committee on Works for complying with quality standard in the construction of federal roads in the state. The committee made the commendation when its members led by Toby Okechukwu inspected the Nkalagu-Ehamufu Road, Abakaliki-Afikpo Road and the Amasiri-Okposi-Uburu Road which are currently [...]

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FG will Reintroduce Toll Gates On Federal Roads – Fashola

Wale Adebayo — Wed, 09 Dec 2015 19:35:41 +0000

The Federal Government will reintroduce toll gates where revenue generated can be channelled towards sustaining and maintaining quality federal roads; Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, confirmed this yesterday. In his maiden press conference at the Ministry of Works in Abuja, Fashola also disclosed that the former Ministry of Works owes 206 contractors [...]

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Enugu State Lawmakers Declare State Of Emergency On Federal Roads In Southeast

Wale Adebayo — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 21:15:47 +0000

Following the deplorable condition of federal roads in the Southeast geo-political zone, the Enugu State House of Assembly has declared a state of emergency on the roads. The lawmakers’ action was sequel to a motion by Chinedu Nwamba (Nsukka East), condemning the deplorable state of the roads. Nwamba said: “Residents of Enugu and its environs, [...]

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Nigeria’s National Economic Council Approves Refund Of 535.5b Naira To States For Maintaining Federal Government Roads

Wale Adebayo — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 15:05:26 +0000

The Federal Government has decided to share another round of funds to the tune of 535.5 billion naira to the state governments. This fund is meant for reimbursement of the cash spent on maintaining federal roads across the country. The decision was taken at yesterday’s National Economic Council (NEC) meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi [...]

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#Nigeria > Lagos House of Assembly calls for FERMA probe

Wale Adebayo — Wed, 16 Sep 2015 15:30:20 +0000

The Lagos State House of Assembly has called on President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) to institute a proper probe into the activities and funding of the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency, FERMA in the state in the past eight years. The Assembly decried agency’s failure to carry out its responsibilities in the state, noting that despite the [...]

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