Fashola Solicits Emergency Action on Federal Roads

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Fashola Solicits Emergency Action on Federal Roads

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Nigeria’s Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has maintained that the country needs emergency action to guarantee a rapid turnaround of the deplorable road network in the country. Fashola made this known while speaking with newsmen during the assessment of the deplorable condition of the 96-kilometre Ilorin-Jebba-Mokwa road. He also said that urgent action must be taken to rehabilitate the road which he described as one of Nigeria’s “critical and strategic economic roads.” He said, “What the nation needs now is an emergency action, not a declaration of emergency. “We have declared too many emergencies. This is the time to take emergent and sensible action. “The National Assembly should fast track the passage of the budget so that we can address the ugly situation of our roads. “This is intolerable for the ordinary people because their businesses and sources of livelihood depend on this; so, this can’t continue.” He called for an amendment of the procurement law to increase the percentage of mobilisation for road contracts to enable contractors deliver completed projects without delay.

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