Nigeria’s Minister of Works, David Umahi, has revealed that the Ministry of Works, has revealed that the government has reached over 85% completion in the procurement and execution of 330 road palliatives and bridge repairs.
Umahi, who said that the report of these achievements will be published soon, said this in response to Honourable Remi Oseni, the Chairman of the House Committee on the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA), who, at a recent press conference, criticised Umahi saying funds were not being allocated effectively to critical road maintenance projects.
He said, “The president has given very special attention to Ministry of Works, and that’s why in 2023 supplementary, he approved 300 billion to take care of a number of palliatives. By next week, we are going to publish what success we have achieved in those 300 billion projects. We used it to procure over 330 roads palliatives and bridge repairs, which were properly procured and properly executed. Today, we have achieved over 85% completion. And so, when we publish it, I want him to go there if he can leave his oversighting FERMA, and he can check these projects.”
Umahi also revealed that the ministry of works has “terminated over 10 projects, following due process. Some of them have lasted 17 years, 18 years.”
The works minister said his ministry has been diligently working to improve Nigeria’s road infrastructure despite limited resources as he emphasised, “We have done tremendously very well in a number of our projects. Of course, there is no amount of resources that can fix 2,604 projects in four years.
Ozioma Samuel-Ugwuezi
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