President Bola Tinubu will allocate funds to build quality roads across the country, according Dave Umahi, the Minister of Works.
Umahi made the revealation on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Thurday.
He admited that the main problem with road development is construction costs.
He said:
“We are looking at all these things. How do we cut down costs? Because the primary issue is also the cost of construction.
“We are looking at the figures but, it looks like a lot of contractors are not willing, but I will make them to make the change – we are all engineers.
“I am telling them your profit, I will protect whatever thing you want to make but, let’s help Nigeria, let’s build a road that will last and the funny thing is that the government – the President will give out the money.”
According to the Minister, the cost of concrete is higher than asphalt.
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He further revealed that the quality of asphalt available and imported into Nigeria wass not comparable to that of the 1950s and 1960s.
After being sworn in on Monday, the former Ebonyi State Governor promised on Wednesday to redesign the Lokoja-Ajaokuta road within two weeks, stressing that the road improvement would begin immediately.
