The Minister of Power ,Works and Housing ,Babtunde Fashola said yesterday that the Federal government will reintroduce Toll gates where revenue will be collected and channelled to the maintanence of quality federal roads.
He said all revenue collected will be properly accounted and judiciously put to use.In his first press Conference at the Ministry of Works, Fashola said that the former Ministry of Works owes 206 contractors over N2 trillion for which only N13 billion was released to the Ministry out of the N18.132 billion it budgeted for.
His words: “Maintenance would be our watchword. We are setting up a robust maintenance regime to keep our highways in good shape. This shows that tolling is necessary to support government funding. So, it will not be too much if we ask every road user to pay a little to augment government funding for road maintenance.
“It is eminent commonsense for us to find that money. We will use technology; so if you don’t pay cash, you will pay by tokens or tickets and the money is accountable and it will go to the right place. We will manage that fund properly and we will hold those who we put there to account.”
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