FERMA’s Insight on the State of Roads in Nigeria
Highlighting the root cause behind the substandard roads in Nigeria, the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency, FERMA, has emphasized that the deterioration of both major and minor road networks stems from insufficient funding allocated for their maintenance in budgetary allocations.
During a seminar titled ‘Road Infrastructure: Plans and Priorities of FERMA viz-a-viz the President’s Renewed Hope Agenda,’ held in Abuja at the Bureau of Public Service Reforms, BPSR, the Managing Director of FERMA, Chukwuma Agbasi, brought this issue to light.
Addressing the audience, he remarked, “The myriad of causes for the failure of road networks in Nigeria includes the neglect of allocating resources for their maintenance. Ignoring the upkeep of roads inevitably leads to their deterioration.”
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