The Dave Umahi-led ministry noted that Tinubu had approved the sum of N300 billion for immediate palliative road works across the 36 states of federation and the Federal Capital Territory.
The Federal Ministry of Works has said that the President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government inherited a debt burden of over N6trillion from the ongoing road projects in the country that his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari, handed to him.
The Dave Umahi-led ministry noted that Tinubu had approved the sum of N300 billion for immediate palliative road works across the 36 states of federation and the Federal Capital Territory.
The ministry made this known in a statement on Monday, saying out of the N300 billion, N100 billion was meant for immediate palliative works in 36 states and FCT while N200 billion was meant for continuation of most of the inherited ongoing projects and few new but critical road projects across the country.
According to the release, President Tinubu has directed that works in the palliative projects must commence before December 1, while observing all due process.
The statement said, “The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is aware of the state of our road infrastructure which he inherited on the 29th day of May 2023. Without prejudice to all the good efforts of the past administration on road infrastructure development which they tackled within the limit of their resources, the work to be done to change the ugly state of our roads is quite enormous.
“Mr. President is not complaining of the challenges he inherited in nearly all sectors of the economy, especially as it concerns our road infrastructure, but he is quite courageous as he had promised to tackle the problems head-on which he has started to do not minding the debt burden inherited especially the funding gap of over Six Trillion Naira (₦6T) from most of the inherited ongoing road projects.
“Mr. President has since reeled out plans of commitment, consistence, and innovations towards actualizing a sustainable road infrastructure development throughout the country. He has just approved a 2023 Supplementary budget of Three Hundred Billion Naira (₦300B) for the Ministry of Works comprising of One Hundred Billion Naira (₦100B) for immediate palliative works in 36 States and FCT and Two Hundred Billion Naira (₦200B) for continuation of most of the inherited ongoing projects and very few new but critical road projects.
“Mr. President has directed that works in those palliative projects must commence before 1st December 2023, while observing all due process. On the sections being frequently complained of by the public in all regions of the North and South of the country, Mr. President has equally isolated them and directed immediate actions on them and indeed work has started on all such roads. The public can crosscheck our claims and report back to us.
“The engagements of the Federal Ministry of Works will not be limited to these isolatedly reported cases but shall be holistic in our approach through these approved palliative measures and the interventions of FERMA in all the 36 States and FCT also.”
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