ROAD MAINTENANCE: Experts consider toll gate, other funding options

The prolonged years of neglect of Nigerian roads have made most of the facilities to go from bad to worse, stakeholders in the road sub-sector have said.

According to them, the state of roads in Nigeria is largely due to poor maintenance, limited budget, bad attitude to road usage by citizens and government’s neglect.

They noted that during the military era, many Nigerian roads were abandoned, adding that Nigerians had the habit of using roads as markets, a development that had further deteriorated the facilities.

The National Chairman, Nigerian Institution of Highway and Transportation Engineers, Mr. Obiekwe Anaduaka, stated that it was important to point out the reasons why many Nigerians roads were in different degrees of dilapidation.
Punch, February 26, 2017

 

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