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The Minister of State for Works, and minister superintending FERMA, Bello Muhammad Goronyo, has assured Nigerians that through alternative funding, all federal road networks across the country would be maintained to ease vehicular movement.
Goronyo gave the assurance on Monday during his familiarisation tour to the Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA) Kogi state field office.
The minister of state, who stated that no nation could maintain its roads with budgetary allocation, noted that government would look inward with a view to sourcing alternative funds that would enable the agency maintain all the road network across the country.
He said, “I have visited some of the projects executed by FERMA in Kogi State, but nowhere in this world that budget can be used to maintain roads effectively. “Therefore, we are looking for alternative funding so that we can continue to maintain the nation’s critical assets like roads that are vital to the citizens and the economy of the country.”
While commending President Bola Tinubu for giving priority attention to road projects across the country, the minister stated that the effort would boost the nation’s economy thereby reducing cases of crimes and insecurity to the barest minimum.
He assured FERMA staff that their welfare would continue to be giving the desired attention, urging them to redouble their effort in ensuring that they deliver quality jobs.
Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer of FERMA, Engr. Chukwuemeka Agbasi, in his speech said the visit was to enable the minister of state inspect and asses the level of work done on the federal roads in Kogi state.
Earlier, the Federal Roads Maintenance Engineer (FRME) in charge of Kogi state, Muktar Abdulrahim, revealed that the agency oversees the maintenance of 16 federal roads across the state with combined length of 1,263 kilometers.
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